| Functional and Meta-Functional Engineering Design Problems Dataset |
| Dataset Summary |
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| The Functional and Meta-Functional Engineering Design Problems Dataset is a curated benchmark consisting of 100 engineering design problems spanning multiple technical domains. |
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| Each problem is represented by a focused product context, a functional design objective, a structured design query, a problem type (functional or meta-functional), and an associated engineering domain. |
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| The dataset is designed to support the evaluation of intelligent agents and large language models in engineering design generation, functional abstraction, and innovation-oriented reasoning tasks. |
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| Supported Tasks |
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| This dataset can be used for: |
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| Engineering design concept generation |
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| Functional reasoning and abstraction |
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| Meta-functional goal-driven innovation |
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| Cross-domain analogy-based design |
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| Design agent benchmarking and evaluation |
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| Dataset Structure |
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| Each sample contains the following fields: |
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| Field Description |
| product_focus Target product or system |
| design_goal Functional design objective |
| design_query Structured functional abstraction |
| problem_type Functional or Meta-functional problem |
| technical_domain Engineering domain category |
| Example |
| { |
| "product_focus": "Railway de-icing device", |
| "design_goal": "Remove ice from the rail surface", |
| "design_query": "Separation - Material - Solid", |
| "problem_type": "Functional problem", |
| "technical_domain": "Transportation Engineering" |
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| Dataset Size |
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| Total samples: 100 |
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| Functional problems: 45 |
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| Meta-functional problems: 55 |
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| Technical domains: 8 |
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| Technical Domains Covered |
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| Transportation Engineering |
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| Energy and Power Engineering |
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| Manufacturing and Industrial Automation |
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| Medical and Healthcare Engineering |
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| Agriculture and Environmental Engineering |
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| Building and Urban Infrastructure |
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| Electronics and Intelligent Systems |
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| Environmental Protection and Resource Engineering |
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| Data Construction Methodology |
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| The design problems were constructed based on engineering design literature, practical product design scenarios, and domain expertise. |
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| The dataset integrates: |
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| Explicit product contexts |
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| Clear functional design objectives |
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| Structured abstraction-based representations |
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| Balanced distribution of functional and meta-functional problems |
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| This design aims to minimize domain bias and improve the robustness of agent evaluation. |
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| Intended Use |
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| The dataset is intended for research and educational purposes, including: |
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| Benchmarking engineering design generation agents |
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| Studying functional abstraction in design reasoning |
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| Evaluating innovation-oriented problem solving |
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| Supporting cross-domain design research |
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| Limitations |
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| The dataset focuses on functional abstraction and does not include detailed engineering constraints or quantitative specifications. |
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| The current version contains 100 problems and may be expanded in future releases. |
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| License |
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| Recommended: CC-BY 4.0 |
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| Citation |
| @dataset{liu_functional_meta_functional_design_problems_2026, |
| author = {Liu, Hongwei}, |
| title = {Functional and Meta-Functional Engineering Design Problems Dataset}, |
| year = {2026}, |
| publisher = {Hugging Face}, |
| url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/LiuHongwei1992/FunctionalAndMetaFunctionalDesignProblems} |
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| Contact |
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| Hongwei Liu |
| scu_liuhongwei@163.com;liuhongwei@suit-sz.edu.cn |
