STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT USING DOMAIN-SPANNING STRUCTURAL CRITERIA
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Kortler, S.; Diepold, K. J.; Lindemann, U.
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 827-834
Abstract
Manufacturing technical products implies complex design processes and complex product architectures. One perspective is to characterize products and their design processes by their underlying structures. Comparing and evaluating these structures makes it necessary to interpret underlying patterns, different structural criteria and then evaluate their impacts. There are many structural criteria describing patterns included in single domains. This paper closes the gap of interpreting domain-spanning structural criteria and complements the existing possibilities to evaluate system’s structures.
Keywords: structural complexity management, design structure matrix, domain mapping matrix, structural criteria, structural meanings