scholarly journals Analysis on the Key Points of Influential Factors in Product Morphological Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
Juanling Guo ◽  
Kaining Meng ◽  
Ying Meng
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
External Factor ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Key Points

For designing out high-tech products which can attract consumers and satisfy their demands, this paper has analysed the influencial factors of product morphological design. Firstly, the author used the principle of semiotics and man-machine engineering to analyse products systematically, to optimize the complex of “man-machine-environment”, and then I studied the product's own factor, man-machine factor and external factor. In addition, this paper explains the influence factors in the product morphological design with examples. Moreover, the function and the form of product are ingeniously combined to improve the quality and connotation of the product. To sum up, this paper based on the theory of influential factors in product morphological design, proposed innovative thought, treat product morphological design from different perspectives, which will provide a reference for the later product design.

scholarly journals Creating products in the absence of markets: a robust design approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Silberzahn ◽  
Christophe Midler
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Robust Design ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
Strategic Process ◽  
Alternative Approach

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how firms deal with a situation of true uncertainty about their potential markets and technologies. Specifically, it asks how firms can create products when the corresponding market does not exist.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on a longitudinal study of a high‐tech firm, combined with analysis of existing theory in product design and entrepreneurship.FindingsMarkets and products are usually a defining choice made early on by firms in their strategic process. Such a choice guides their development by providing a “stable concept” to which decisions can be related. When markets do not exist yet, however, this approach is not effective. Early choice of products and markets limits firms' flexibility by constraining their ability and willingness to adapt, while fundamental new technical and market information is likely to emerge during the project that will prove the initial assumptions wrong. The paper shows an alternative approach where products and markets actually result from a generic process of products and markets exploration driven by the firm. It is suggested that this approach forms a robust design in that it allows the firm to deal with the uncertainty by simultaneously developing its products and exploring markets, while preserving the flexibility to adapt to the changing environment.Practical implicationsThe practical implication of this paper is to suggest an alternative approach to deliberate planning in high‐tech ventures. With this approach, rather than markets and products, strategy defines a market and technology exploration process.Originality/valueThe paper is original in three ways. It links the product design and market exploration processes in high‐tech firm development; it is based on an in‐depth longitudinal study; and it results from an academic‐practitioner collaborative work.

scholarly journals Regional Patch Detection of Road Traffic Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Xia Zhu ◽  
Weidong Song ◽  
Lin Gao
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
The Road ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Path Distance ◽  
Shortest Path Distance

Road traffic network (RTN) structure plays an important role in the field of complex network analysis. In this paper, we propose a regional patch detection method from RTN via community detection of complex network. Firstly, the refined Adapted PageRank algorithm, which combines with the influence factors of the location property weight, the geographic distance weight and the road level weight, is used to calculate the candidate ranking results of key nodes in the RTN. Secondly, the ranking result and the shortest path distance as two significant impact factors are used to select the key points of the RTN, and then the Adapted K-Means algorithm is applied to regional patch detection of the RTN. Finally, based on the experimental data of Zhangwu road traffic network, the analysis results are as follows: Zhangwu is divided into 9 functional structures with key node locations as the core. Regional patch structure is divided according to key points, and the RTN is actually divided into nine small functional communities. Nine functional regional patches constitute a new network structure, maintaining connectivity between the regional patches can improve the overall efficiency of the RTN.

Damage and Springback Analysis of Two Typical Dented Pipelines With Different Parameters

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wu ◽  
Jiacheng Li ◽  
Linya Li
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Orthogonal Experimental Design ◽  
Damage Degree ◽  
Gray Correlation Degree ◽  
Correlation Degree ◽  
Gray Correlation ◽  
Nonlinear Regression Method ◽  
Dent Depth

During pipeline construction, the pipeline may be impacted by sharp rocks or excavators. To study the failure mechanism of the pipeline, the damage degree and springback rate of the pipelines with two typical dents (transverse and longitudinal) were analyzed in terms of various factors (indenter size, pipeline size and internal pressure, and dent depth). The results reveal the following: (1) when pipeline size and internal pressure are unchanged and indenter size is changed, the integral value I used to measure the damage degree of the dented pipeline increases with increasing dent depth. When the dent depth reaches a certain value, at the same dent depth, the smaller the indenter size, the larger the damage integral value; (2) when other parameters remain unchanged, the larger the pipeline size is, the larger is the damage integral value, and the larger the internal pressure is, the smaller is the damage integral value. (3) The curves for damage and springback for the two kinds of dents are basically similar. Generally, the maximum damage of the longitudinal dent is larger than that of the transverse dent. (4) By a combination of an orthogonal experimental design and a gray correlation degree calculation, for the damage integral value of the two typical dented pipelines, the order of importance of the influential factors was obtained. (5) Formulas for the damage integral value and influence factors were fit using a nonlinear regression method, which provides a reference for calculation of pipeline damage.

scholarly journals What's taking so long? A collaborative method of collecting designers’ insight into what factors increase design effort levels in projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-362
Author(s):  
Alexander Freddie Holliman ◽  
Avril Thomson ◽  
Abigail Hird ◽  
Nicky Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractDesign effort is a key resource for product design projects. Environments where design effort is scarce, and therefore valuable, include hackathons and other time-limited design challenges. Predicting design effort needs is key to successful project planning; therefore, understanding design effort-influencing factors (objective considerations that are universally accepted to exert influence on a subject, that is, types of phenomena, constraints, characteristics, or stimulus) will aid in planning success, offering an improved organizational understanding of product design, characterizing the design space and providing a perspective to assess project briefs from the outset. This paper presents the Collaborative Factor Identification for Design Effort (CoFIDE) Method based on Hird's (2012) method for developing resource forecasting tools for new product development teams. CoFIDE enables the collection of novel data of, and insight into, the collaborative understanding and perceptions of the most influential factors of design effort levels in design projects and how their behavior changes over the course of design projects. CoFIDE also enables design teams, hackathon teams, and makerspace collaborators to characterize their creative spaces, to quickly enable mutual understanding, without the need for complex software and large bodies of past project data. This insight offers design teams, hackathon teams, and makerspace collaborators opportunities to capitalize on positive influences while minimizing negative influences. This paper demonstrates the use of CoFIDE through a case study with a UK-based product design agency, which enabled the design team to identify and model the behavior of four influential factors.

Quantification Method Analysis of the Relationship between Energy Consumptions and Influence Factors of Residential Buildings

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 3093-3097
Author(s):  
Jing Chao Xie ◽  
Wei Lun Wang ◽  
Yoshino Hiroshi
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Quantification Method ◽  
Energy Consumptions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Analysis

In this paper, a year filed survey has been conducted in eighty households which are located in six different climatic districts in Japan from December 2002 to November 2003. The investigated contents included energy consumptions for different end users, indoor climate conditions, thermal performance of the buildings, lifestyles of residents, etc.. In addition, statistical analyses were carried out using the quantification method I, so as to find out the influential factors that determine residential energy consumptions.

Achieving customer loyalty through service excellence in internet industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 274-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paramaporn Thaichon ◽  
Antonio Lobo ◽  
Ann Mitsis
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Information Support ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internet Industry ◽  
Service Information

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the antecedents to attitudinal and behavioural loyalty of customers of Internet service providers (ISPs). In addition, this study endeavours to identify the relationship between overall service quality and cognitive as well as affective evaluations of customers. An assessment of service quality dimensions is also included to fill the void of research on modelling service quality in high tech services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the most cited articles on the topic published in academic journals with a view to identify dimensions that customers use to evaluate the quality of a service providers, and to determine loyalty formation through customer cognitive and affective evaluations in Internet industry. Findings – The exogenous constructs of the conceptual model include influential factors such as network quality, customer service, information support and security which make up the perception of overall service quality. The endogenous constructs include cognitive and affective determinants such as customers’ trust, satisfaction, commitment, value and resultants – attitudinal loyalty and behavioural loyalty. Originality/value – The study proposes that by enhancing service quality, firms can influence customers’ satisfaction, trust, commitment and value, and ultimately loyalty, which are critical for an ISP’s success and long-term sustainability. Moreover, applying the findings of this study, ISPs can strategise in making customers more central in their day to day operations, which would create competitive advantage for the companies.

scholarly journals THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF GENDER, CAREER, MORAL MINDSET ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES AND READINESS FOR EMPLOYABILITY AMONG ENGINEERING COLLEGES GRADUATES IN OMAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Masoud Rashid Al Hinai ◽  
Abul Bashar Bhuiyan ◽  
Nor Azilah Husin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Graduate Attributes

The Omani higher education system has enlarged noticeably since 1970 both in the number of students and in the infrastructure.  As a result, there has been a wide investment to provide quality higher educational institutes capable of providing suitable graduates to fulfill the requirements of both public and private sectors with a focus on females to assure equal gender educational and career opportunities chances. Therefore, graduates’ readiness for employability has become a major issue for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Oman due to the growing concern from governments and industries on the quality of the graduates.  Therefore, the main objective of the current study is to develop a conceptual framework for the graduate readiness for employability and incorporates the graduate attributes including human capital attributes, social capital attributes, individual attributes, institution-related attributes, and active learning attributes moderated by gender, career, and moral mindset among Engineering Graduate in Oman. The study uses available sources of existing literature based on the four main keywords ‘higher education’, ‘graduate attributes ‘or ‘readiness for employability, and ‘skills gaps in Oman’. The study also justified by the following theories which are human capital; education and economy development; behavior theory; and motivation theory. The literature utilized for this study covers the latest literature (from 2013 to 2020) extracted from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus, and other online resources. Based on the summary findings, the study develops a framework that analyses the effects of influential factors on the graduate readiness for employability that will be considered as an empirical study on the graduates of the engineering colleges in Oman. Moreover, the study also concluded that there are moderating effects of gender, moral mindset, and career mindset on the influence factors and the graduate readiness for employability among Omani engineering colleges’ students. The results of the study will fill the gap in understanding the main factors affecting the attainment of graduates’ readiness for employability skills in Oman. The study recommends justifying this conceptual framework by empirical data from the Engineering Graduate in the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and draw a policy guideline for ensuring of readiness of engineering graduates for employability in the HEIs in Oman.

scholarly journals Taking Engineering's Pulse

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (06) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Hutchinson Harry
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Postgraduate Study ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Professional Degree

This article highlights key points of the Mechanical Engineering Global Summit. According to the participants, much of the future for mechanical engineers will involve integrating systems of all kinds. Throughout the discussions at the meeting, numerous comments concerned the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of engineering practice. Experts believe that vertical farms, for instance, could use hydroponics and other means to take farming indoors, where it could be carried out in multitiered structures. If technology like this could be made practical, it could multiply the area available for agriculture. A multibillion-dollar experiment in sustainable living has been proposed for the United Arab Emirates. The initiative hopes to create a high-tech city that will have zero emissions and be entirely self-sustaining. One of the proposals is to restructure engineering education and to prepare engineers the way lawyers and doctors are trained: a four-year liberal arts education in preparation for the professional degree in postgraduate study.

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