Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a descriptor of a project; extracting a set of language signals from the descriptor; accessing a set of input parameters and a set of output characteristics; querying a language model for a range of values of input parameters exhibited within historical engineering solutions correlated with the set of language signals; accessing a virtual model for the project and a function representing a relationship between the set of input parameters and the set of output characteristics; for each analysis instance in a count of analysis instances, defining a combination of values of input parameters within corresponding ranges and based on the virtual model, the function, and the combination of values, executing the analysis instance to calculate a set of values of output characteristics; and rendering representations of combinations of values of input parameters and sets of values of output characteristics within a user interface.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: receiving a descriptor of a design problem; selecting a set of output characteristics based on a set of language signals extracted from the descriptor; selecting a set of functions relating a set of input parameters to the set of output characteristics; accessing a virtual model representing a design solution and defining a set of model variables; linking a subset of input parameters to a subset of model variables analogous to the subset of input parameters; in response to the set of model variables omitting a model variable analogous to a first input parameter in the set of input parameters, prompting a user to update the virtual model to include a first model variable analogous to the first input parameter; and compiling the set of functions, the set of output characteristics, and the set of input parameters into a design specification.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a descriptor of a project; extracting a set of language signals from the descriptor; accessing a set of input parameters and a set of output characteristics; querying a language model for a range of values of input parameters exhibited within historical engineering solutions correlated with the set of language signals; accessing a virtual model for the project and a function representing a relationship between the set of input parameters and the set of output characteristics; for each analysis instance in a count of analysis instances, defining a combination of values of input parameters within corresponding ranges and based on the virtual model, the function, and the combination of values, executing the analysis instance to calculate a set of values of output characteristics; and rendering representations of combinations of values of input parameters and sets of values of output characteristics within a user interface.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a virtual model for a project; deriving a language concept descriptive of a model variable in a set of model variables in the virtual model; accessing a descriptor of an output characteristic in a set of output characteristics selected for the project; querying a function library for a set of functions; linking a first function and a second function, relating the model variable to the output characteristic, to form a composite function; accessing ranges of values of the set of model variables; and for each analysis instance in a count of analysis instances, defining a combination of values of model variables within corresponding ranges and based on the virtual model, composite functions, and the combination of values, executing the analysis instance to calculate values of output characteristics; and rendering representations of values of model variables and output characteristics within a user interface.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a descriptor of a project; extracting a set of language signals from the descriptor; accessing a set of input parameters and a set of output characteristics; querying a language model for a range of values of input parameters exhibited within historical engineering solutions correlated with the set of language signals; accessing a virtual model for the project and a function representing a relationship between the set of input parameters and the set of output characteristics; for each analysis instance in a count of analysis instances, defining a combination of values of input parameters within corresponding ranges and based on the virtual model, the function, and the combination of values, executing the analysis instance to calculate a set of values of output characteristics; and rendering representations of combinations of values of input parameters and sets of values of output characteristics within a user interface.