Structural Complexity Management An Approach for the Field of Product Design /

• Main Authors: Lindemann, Udo (Author), Maurer, Maik (Author), Braun, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Complexity, Computational.; Engineering design.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Design.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.; Complexity.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The challenge of complexity
• Complexity in the context of product design
• 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
• Use case: Development of high pressure pumps
• Literature.