A closed-loop engineering approach for modular design based on collaboration and optimization

Yanqiu Xiao*, Qing Xue, Aimin Wang, Houfang Sun, Guoxin Wang

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Abstract

Regarding to the lack of integration between modular product family's designing and specific product's synthesizing, a closed-loop modular design approach based on collaboration and optimization is presented. Aimed at improving the efficiency of specific design and the evolution of family structure, the framework of process and techniques is rebuilt, and two important links and their techniques are researched, including collaborating among modules and optimizing of modular scheme. To apply specification of product family and realize collaboration among modules in synthesizing phase, a multi-view correlated model is used to express modular family, and an integrated model is given to combine it with the counterpart process model. Besides, collaborative model and its strategies are built up. To obtain information of conflict to resolve it and optimize family structure, an intelligent model is constructed, and a resolution mechanism for conflicts is devised. Finally, a prototype system of software was developed and applied in design of diesel engine, which proved the effectiveness of this approach to support collaborative modular design and scheme's optimization iteratively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
Pages1534-1538
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 8 Dec 200811 Dec 2008

Publication series

Name2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period8/12/0811/12/08

Keywords

  • Closed-loop process
  • Modular collaboration
  • Modular design
  • Modular family optimization

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