Structural complexity management: an approach for the field of product design

Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in practical applications. The book presents a methodology that enables the analysis, control and optimization of complex structures, and the applicability of domain-spanning problems. The methodology allows significant improvements on handling system complexity by creating improved system understanding on the one hand and optimizing product design that is robust for system adaptations on the other hand. Developers can thereby enhance project coordination and improve communication between team members and as a result shorten development time. Approach to the majorshortcomings of existing methods and the applicability of comprehensive and domain-spanning problems Network visualization in graphs and matrices have beenenhanced in order to allow for better system understanding and user interaction Practical procedures for the analysis, control, and optimization of complexsystem structures have been generated INDICE: The challenge of complexity.- Complexity in the context of productdesign.- Methods for managing complex data in product design.- The procedure of structural complexity management.- Modeling the Multiple-Domain Matrix.- Information acquisition.- Deduction of indirect dependencies.- Structure analysis.- Product design application.- Use case: Automotive safety development.- Usecase: Development of high pressure pumps.- Literature.- Appendix.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-87888-9
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés