Design Reuse in Product Development Modeling, Analysis and Optimization

✍ Scribed by S. K. Ong

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Series: Series on Manufacturing Systems and Technology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Efficient management of product information is vital for manufacturing enterprises in this information age. Considering the proliferation of product information, tight production schedules, and intense market competition, human intelligence alone cannot meet the requirements of efficient product development. Technologies and tools that support information management are urgently needed. This volume presents the design reuse methodology to support product development. Significant efforts have been made to create an intelligent and optimal design environment by incorporating the contemporary technologies in product family design, artificial intelligence, neural networks, information theories, etc. This volume covers both theoretical topics and implementation strategies, with detailed case studies to help readers gain an insight in areas such as product information modeling, information analysis, engineering optimization, production cost estimation, and product performance evaluation.

Contents: Design Reuse Systems and Enabling Tools; Product Information Modeling; Design of Product Platform; Optimization in Product Design; Cost Estimation in Product Development; Product Performance Evaluation; A Product Family Design Reuse Methodology; Design Reuse for Embodiment and Detailed Design.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 6
1 Introduction......Page 16
1.1.1 Types of design reuse......Page 17
1.1.2 The importance of design reuse......Page 18
1.1.2.2 Applicability......Page 19
1.1.2.3 Effectiveness......Page 20
1.2 Product Conceptual Design......Page 21
1.2.1 Product family design......Page 23
1.3 Major Issues in Design Reuse......Page 25
1.3.1 Design reuse process......Page 26
1.3.2 Product information modeling......Page 27
1.3.4 Design synthesis......Page 28
1.3.5 Solution evaluation......Page 29
1.4.1 Design reuse in software engineering......Page 30
1.4.2 Design reuse in mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering......Page 33
1.4.3.2 System level reuse......Page 35
1.5 Barriers to Design Reuse......Page 37
1.6 Summary......Page 39
2.1 Engineering Design Reuse Approaches......Page 42
2.1.1 Case-based reasoning......Page 43
2.1.2 Catalog-based design......Page 44
2.1.3 Modular design......Page 46
2.1.4 Adaptable design......Page 48
2.1.5 Expert systems......Page 50
2.1.6 Innovative design using TRIZ......Page 52
2.2.1 Machine learning......Page 53
2.2.2 Data mining......Page 55
2.2.3 Design structure matrix......Page 56
2.2.4 Artificial neural networks......Page 58
2.2.5 Genetic algorithms......Page 61
2.2.6 Agent-based method......Page 62
2.3 Summary......Page 64
3.1 Data, Information and Knowledge......Page 66
3.2.1.1 Form......Page 68
3.2.1.2 Function......Page 69
3.2.1.3 Behavior......Page 71
3.2.1.5 Representation of product family......Page 72
3.2.2 Modeling languages......Page 73
3.2.3 Taxonomies......Page 76
3.2.4 Database system and web-based environment......Page 78
3.2.4.1 Traditional DBMS......Page 79
3.2.4.2 PDM systems......Page 80
3.3.1 A multiple facet product information model......Page 81
3.3.2 Representation of function using key element vector......Page 84
3.3.3 Function taxonomies......Page 86
3.3.4 An illustrative example......Page 89
3.4 Summary......Page 93
4.1 Role of Product Platform......Page 96
4.2 Product Platform and Product Family Design......Page 98
4.2.1 A top-down perspective......Page 99
4.2.2 A bottom-up perspective......Page 100
4.3.1 QFD-based approach......Page 102
4.3.2 DSM-based approach......Page 103
4.3.3 Heuristic and quantitative approaches......Page 105
4.4.1 Introduction of SOM......Page 106
4.4.2 Function clustering based on SOM......Page 109
4.4.3 A case study......Page 114
4.4.4 Evaluation of the SOM method......Page 118
4.5 Other Relevant Issues in Product Platform Design......Page 121
4.5.1 Extraction of KCs as performance criteria......Page 122
4.5.3 Establishment of mapping route using correlation matrices......Page 124
4.6 Summary......Page 126
5.1 Introduction......Page 128
5.1.1 Weighted sum method......Page 131
5.1.2 Goal programming......Page 132
5.1.4 Genetic algorithms......Page 133
5.1.4.2 Pareto-based approach......Page 134
5.2.1 Configuration design......Page 136
5.2.2.2 Graph-based method......Page 137
5.2.2.3 Linear and non-linear programming......Page 138
5.2.2.4 Generic algorithm......Page 140
5.2.2.5 Simulated annealing......Page 141
5.3.1 Problem formulation......Page 143
5.3.2 The MOSGA algorithm......Page 146
5.3.3.2 Measurement of similarity between individuals......Page 148
5.3.3.3 Ensuring sufficient exploration of the design space......Page 151
5.3.3.4 Applying design constraints......Page 153
5.3.4 Precautions and limitations......Page 154
5.4 Post-optimal Solution Selection......Page 155
5.5 A Case Study......Page 157
5.5.1 Experience-based design......Page 159
5.5.2 Product design using the design reuse approach......Page 161
5.6 Summary......Page 166
6.1 Introduction......Page 168
6.2.1 Cost structure......Page 170
6.2.2 Cost modeling techniques......Page 173
6.2.2.1 Expert opinion......Page 174
6.2.2.3 Function costing......Page 175
6.2.2.5 Productive hour costing......Page 176
6.2.2.7 Activity-based costing......Page 177
6.2.2.8 Design to cost......Page 180
6.3 Cost Estimation in Product Family Development......Page 181
6.3.1 Commonality index......Page 182
6.3.1.1 Cost estimation in monetary measurement......Page 183
6.4 An Empirical Cost Model for Design Reuse......Page 184
6.4.1 Fixed cost......Page 185
6.4.3 Component cost......Page 186
6.5 Summary......Page 188
7.1.1 Relating performance to design parameters......Page 190
7.1.2 Aggregating performance criteria......Page 192
7.2 Robust Design......Page 193
7.3 The Information Content Assessment Method......Page 197
7.3.1 Background – information axiom and information content......Page 198
7.3.2 The information content assessment process......Page 201
7.3.3 Establishing system range from existing products......Page 202
7.3.4 Assessing information content......Page 208
7.3.5 Precautions and limitations......Page 212
7.3.6 A case study......Page 213
7.4 Summary......Page 218
8.1 Introduction......Page 220
8.1.1 Scale-based approach......Page 221
8.1.4 Module-based approach......Page 226
8.2 An Integrated Design Reuse Process Model......Page 227
8.2.1 Product information modeling......Page 228
8.2.2.2 KC extraction (Opk)......Page 229
8.2.2.5 Extracting component capability index (Opi)......Page 230
8.3 A Web-Based Product Family Design Reuse System......Page 231
8.4.1 Settings......Page 237
8.4.2 Results......Page 241
8.4.3 Analysis......Page 243
8.5.1 Settings......Page 244
8.5.2 Solution generation and results......Page 247
8.5.3 Comparison......Page 248
8.6 Summary......Page 249
9.1 Introduction......Page 252
9.2.1 System architecture......Page 254
9.3 Embodiment Design......Page 256
9.3.1.1 Similarity metric for product family retrieval......Page 257
9.3.1.2 Similarity metric for product retrieval......Page 260
9.3.2 Optimal search for alternative solution......Page 262
9.3.2.1 Encoding of input function requirement......Page 263
9.3.2.3 Evaluating solution validity......Page 264
9.3.2.4 Optimization goal......Page 268
9.3.3 Exhaustive search......Page 269
9.3.4.1 Problem encoding......Page 270
9.3.4.2 Population Initialization......Page 271
9.3.4.4 Mutation operator......Page 272
9.3.4.5 Reproduction......Page 273
9.3.4.6 Fitness function design......Page 274
9.3.5 Solution generation in washing machine design......Page 275
9.4.1 Architecture of the detailed design transformation......Page 278
9.4.1.1 HTTP server program......Page 279
9.4.2 Feature-based parametric modeling......Page 280
9.4.3 Product family and variant method......Page 281
9.4.4.2 Design transformation......Page 282
9.5 Summary......Page 286
Bibliography......Page 288
Index......Page 308

✦ Subjects

Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Математические методы и моделирование в экономике;Исследование операций в экономике;