... Abstract The objective of this work is to explore the perceived complexity of 3D shapes used in spatial visualization tasks and leverage Machine Learning to create a model that can predictthis perceived complexity using the visual features of the shapes. This could help automate the process...

... LPPD is itself agnostic to sustainability, we suggest that it is an effective method of creating an organizational system for promoting sustainable manufacturing particularly in complex environments. design for sustainability lean manufacturing product development complexity Proceedings...

... Abstract Decomposition is a dominant design strategy because it enables complex problems to be broken up into more manageable modules. However, although it is well known that complex systems are rarely fully decomposable, much of the decomposition literature is framed around reordering...

... Abstract In an increasingly interconnected & cyber-physical world, the ability to coherently measure and manage complexity is vital for the engineering design and systems engineering community. To this end, numerous measures have been promulgated in the literature, yet these measures differ...

... of design axioms. One major vulnerability is complexity which can be addressed in the context of the Information Axiom. In this paper, we identified three components of design complexity: coupling, variability, and correlation. We used information measures as complexity measures and derived mathematical...

... a structural model of complexity. Comparison is made with information based measures of the complexity of designs and processes. Complexity planning similarity connectivity Proceedings of DETC'01 ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering...

... Abstract Product architecting involves conceptual system design, module identification (clustering) and product layout design. In this paper, we propose a new extended version of the previously introduced Integrated Modularization Methodology (IMM) that integrates technical complexity...

... In this paper, we introduced an activity-based adaptive process model that views innovative design as a complex adaptive system. Instead of predefining the process architecture, we constructed the model framework by adaptively selecting the design activity by the activity value. We defined...

... This paper presents the initial investigation of the use of complexity as a surrogate for problem difficulty in predicting the effort or point value of an exam problem. In previous research, complexity of graph-based models has been used to predict market value of products using function models...

... 1 Copyright © 2012 by ASME EVALUATING AND COMPARING FUNCTIONAL AND GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY OF PRODUCTS Matthew Peterson Graduate Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0921 mpeters@g.clemson.edu Gregory M. Mocko Assistant Professor...

... COMPLEXITY AS A SURROGATE MAPPING BETWEEN FUNCTION MODELS AND MARKET VALUE James L. Mathieson Research Assistant Mechanical Engineering Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0921 jmathie@clemson.edu Aravind Shanthakumar Research Assistant Mechanical Engineering Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634...

... neglected in digital support systems. This paper aims to summarize lessons learned through years of experience with software tools that augment this visio-spatial conceptual thinking . This work cuts across disciplines to provide a needed, coherent starting point for other researchers to examine complex...

... T. Johnson jay.johnson@gatech.edu The G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 ABSTRACT For the last half century scientists have been discovering the biological complexities of colonies of ants, termites, bees and other insects. Although...

... 22 05 2009 This paper reports on an exploratory study of how the architecture of a software product evolves over time. Because software is embedded in many of today’s complex products, and it is prone to relatively rapid change, it is instructive to study software architecture...

... 30 06 2008 The current practice in problem decomposition assumes that (1) design problems can be rationally decomposed a priori and (2) decomposition can usefully result in complexity reduction a priori . However, this assumption is not always true in reality. In response...

... 19 06 2008 There is no doubt that today’s mechanical systems are complex. Mechanical systems tend towards greater complexity as each component interacts with a larger number of neighboring components. This structure of interaction permits function-sharing of the components — one...

... complexity. Our metric represents the difficulty that different module boundary interactions, represented by flows in and out of a function, would have in terms of redesign effort. We decomposed medical injector head systems and conducted interviews in two companies to find out a relative redesign effort...

... sparse and becomes more detailed as the process matures. In this paper, we apply a systems complexity analysis methodology to track the evolution of information complexity for several design process workflows. We used a frame-slot based model to store parametric design information, defined the size...

... 10 06 2008 Design changes can be surprisingly complex. We examine the problems they cause and discuss the problems involved in predicting how changes propagate, based on empirical studies. To assist this analysis we distinguish between (a) a static background of connectivities (b...