Integrated Design Approach for Solving Complexity of Design Problem

Kusol Pimapunsri, Serge Tichkiewitch

Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMUTNB, Bangkok, Thailand.
G-SCOP Laboratory, Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France.

DOI: 10.4236/ajor.2013.31A013                

Abstract

The engineering problems today become more and more complex particularly in the area of new product development. It requires the multi-disciplinary design method to solve complex problems. This paper presents an integrated design system for solving complexity during multi-disciplinary design. Complexity could be solved if the design problems, given by any individuals who are concerned, are structured. The design system uses the multi-viewpoint concept to allow experts to share their information and knowledge in common views. Knowledge modules are used to store semantics from the experts of different disciplines. Then the system agent acts as an internal designer to help support the individuals to translate any semantics provided from one discipline and then propagate to other related disciplines. With these tools, the integrated design system can structure and solve the complexity of design problems.

Keywords

Complexity, Integrated Design, Multi-Disciplinary

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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