An investigation on the network topology of an evolving product family structure and its robustness and complexity

Park, Kijung; Kremer, Gül E. Okudan

doi:10.1007/s00163-019-00310-y

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“…Modularity is also often described as a design strategy for building and managing complex systems effectively [10] and it has been associated with desirable product or system properties and with organisational performance [11]. For example, in engineering, the concept of modularity is used for designing products, organisations and processes, as well as to obtain advantages such as maintainability, parallelisability, and manageability [12]- [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

Process Modularity Over Time: Modeling Process Execution as an Evolving Activity Network

Parraguez

Piccolo

Perišić

et al. 2021

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Process Modularity Over Time: Modeling Process Execution as an Evolving Activity Network

Parraguez

Piccolo

Perišić

et al. 2021

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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“…The generated progeny inherits the best genes of the parents, so the evolution direction of the population becomes clear. At the same time, because BEGA introduces some random male bee individuals, new and individual characteristics are introduced on the basis of retaining good parental chromosomes, so the population has a wider evolutionary space [ 19 ]. Studies [ 67 , 68 ] have proven that the BEGA can provide a method with good accuracy and speed convergence.…”

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“…Numerous industrial examples have demonstrated the superiority of product seriation to ensure corporate competitiveness, such as Sony [ 16 , 17 ] and Hewlett Packard [ 18 ]. Widespread recognition exists that platform-based development has a significant influence on the cost, performance, quality, and variety [ 19 ]. However, few studies have convincingly articulated these serialization strategies and applied them to the development of product systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intelligent Design of Product Forms Based on Design Cognitive Dynamics and a Cobweb Structure

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2021

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Design is a complex, iterative, and innovative process. By traditional methods, it is difficult for designers to have an integral priori design experience to fully explore a wide range of design solutions. Therefore, refined intelligent design has become an important trend in design research. More powerful design thinking is needed in intelligent design process. Combining cognitive dynamics and a cobweb structure, an intelligent design method is proposed to formalize the innovative design process. The excavation of the dynamic mechanism of the product evolution process during product development is necessary to predict next-generation multi-image product forms from a larger design space. First, different design thinking stimulates the information source and is obtained by analyzing the designers’ thinking process when designing and mining the dynamic mechanism behind it. Based on the nonlinear cognitive cobweb process proposed by Francisco and a natural cobweb structure, the product image cognitive cobweb model (PICCM) is constructed. Then, natural cobweb predation behavior is simulated using a stimulus information source to impact the PICCM. This process uses genetic algorithms to obtain numerous offspring forms, and the PICCM’s mechanical properties are the energy loss parameters in the impact information. Furthermore, feasible solutions are selected from intelligent design sketches by the product artificial form evaluation system based on designers’ cognition, and a new product image cognitive cobweb system is reconstructed. Finally, a case study demonstrates the efficiency and feasibility of the proposed approach.

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“…Although changeability is an important challenge to PSS, dealing with changes is also an important challenge in the context of product families and products with several variants [23]. Therefore, investigating how roadmapping deals with these aspects is important.…”

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Integrated PSS Roadmapping Using Customer Needs and Technology Change Likelihood

Pessoa

Gowda²

2022

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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A product roadmap depicts the vision and direction of a product offering over time. It is a guiding strategic document as well as a plan for executing the strategy, which communicates the why and what behind the product's development. Fulfilling the market demand for solutions composed of products and services requires new approaches for roadmapping. This article presents a method for the definition and managing of a product-service system (PSS) roadmap based on both the market needs and the technology change likelihood. In this way, an integrated management of the PSS's product and service shares is performed, which also supports the shift from different PSS types (product-, use-or performanceoriented). The proposed approach is based on the acceptance, ephemerality, importance, operationalize, and urgency variables: importance and urgency relate to market requirements, acceptance, and operational relate to technology choices, and ephemerality relates to how both the requirements and/or technologies are likely to change in a given time horizon. To illustrate and evaluate the approach, a roadmap is developed for a home appliance. The results show the proposed method's efficiency for both setting the product architecture and defining and managing the roadmap. IndexTerms-Engineering management, program management, requirements management, research and development management.

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An investigation on the network topology of an evolving product family structure and its robustness and complexity

Cited by 15 publications

References 80 publications

Process Modularity Over Time: Modeling Process Execution as an Evolving Activity Network

Process Modularity Over Time: Modeling Process Execution as an Evolving Activity Network

Intelligent Design of Product Forms Based on Design Cognitive Dynamics and a Cobweb Structure

Integrated PSS Roadmapping Using Customer Needs and Technology Change Likelihood

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