Growth Design Modeling

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kezheng Huang
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Current Function ◽  
Computer Assistance ◽  
Theoretical Design ◽  
Design Process Model

As an essential part of design, the conceptual design needs computer assistance from its initial design stage of product development. However computer-aided conceptual design is limited by the current function-to-form mapping approaches. A new growth design process model is proposed in this paper in which geometrical solutions grow gradually from scratch to their complete configurations. Two theoretical design principles, Decomposition & Reconstitution (D&R) principle and Cell Division principle, are briefly introduced to provide better understanding of Growth Design model. The concept of Conceptual Structure is used to support the transition process from conceptual design to detailed design in the growth design process. Finally, an application case is introduced to show the effects of the growth design model.

ADN: An Agent-Based Decision Network for Concurrent Design and Manufacturing

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Danesh ◽  
Yan Jin
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Decision Network ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Design Process Model

Abstract Engineering design is a complex process. Even in designing a simple product, tens, if not hundreds, of decisions must be made by a single designer or manufacturer. The problem gets more complex when a group of designers work as a team to design an artifact. In this paper, we take a decision-based approach to model design process and introduce an agent-based decision network (ADN) to support concurrent decision-making and collaboration in design and manufacturing. Our research on ADN focuses on making team members consider other members’ decisions when making their owns and attempts to achieve coherent design decisions among designers by explicitly representing and capturing individual design decisions and negotiation processes. To achieve this goal we introduce a decision-based design process model (DDPM) and a condition-based negotiation model (CNM). The DDPM was developed to capture individual designers’ design processes. The CNM was developed to facilitate condition-based negotiation process and to track both conditions generated and decisions made at each design stage for downstream negotiation support. In ADN, each designer is associated with an agent and both the DDPM and CNM are captured and facilitated by agents and are not explicitly visible to designers. Agents generate and utilize the DDPM and CNM information to support their designers. This paper describes the ADN framework in detail, points out its advantages, and presents an application example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the ADN framework.

scholarly journals Participant Observation in a Case Study on Web Design Process of E-retail Website

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 499-504
Author(s):  
Rashdan Bin Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Design Process Model

Studies on developing models for e-retail implementation for consumer co-operative business are very scarce. Co-operative businesses appear to be anxious about going into online retailing since Malaysian Internet shopping is still new, customers are not very familiar and skeptical towards online shopping. Consequently a case study (participant observation) will be undertaken in this study to accomplish main aim in implementation Content Management System (CMS) in developing design process of consumer co-operative website. Web design process model by Kiatruangkrai et al. (2010) and Goi(2007a) have been the foundation guideline in designing the website. Package selection web based application has been used in design stage which can easily help non professional web developer to design their online shopping website. As a conceptual paper, this research is limited to literature and prior research. It offers the benefit to new direction for further research on web design process model. This paper provides researcher with a proposed model of web design process. The proposed model should also be tested in relation with e retail business.

Design Rationale Acquisition in Conceptual Design by Hierarchical Integration of Action, Model and Argumentation

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Nomaguchi ◽  
Atsushi Ohnuma ◽  
Kikuo Fujita
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Design Rationale ◽  
Product Model ◽  
Design Support System ◽  
Action Model ◽  
Level Model

This paper proposes a framework for acquiring design rationale in the conceptual design. Knowledge management is getting much attention for supporting the early phases of design process. While the research outcomes on design rationale might be useful in the direction, their capabilities are still far from practice. Such outcomes are categorized into model-based, argumentation-based and action-based frameworks. These are complementary when knowledge acquisition facility and explanatory power is considered. This paper introduces the hierarchical model of design rationale for overcoming the shortcomings of individual approaches under three frameworks. It consists of argument level, model operation level and action level. Argument level represents a designer’s decision making process. Model operation level represents a sequence of design operations. A design operation follows and is followed by a design stage, which records a design snapshot over conceptual product model. Action level represents design process as a sequence of operation primitives, which are elementary and atomic operations on the product model. These linkages of three levels enable to automatically acquire design rationale through operation primitives over a design support system.

UXDs-driven conceptual design process model for contradiction solving using CAIs

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 584-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runhua Tan ◽  
Jianhong Ma ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Zihui Wei
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Design Process Model

The design of modular oil tank: A new design process model

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Li ◽  
Xingsheng Jiang ◽  
Jingye Li ◽  
Yadong Zhao ◽  
Xuexing Li
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Fuel Tank ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Design Time ◽  
Design Process Model

Background: In the whole design process of modular fuel tank, there are some unreasonable phenomena. As a result, there are some defects in the design of modular fuel tank, and the function does not meet the requirements in advance. This paper studies this problem. Objective: Through on-the-spot investigation of the factory, a mechanical design process model is designed. The model can provide reference for product design participants on product design time and design quality, and can effectively solve the problem of low product design quality caused by unreasonable product design time arrangement. Methods: After sorting out the data from the factory investigation, computer software is used to program, simulate the information input of mechanical design process, and the final reference value is got. Results: This mechanical design process model is used to guide the design and production of a new project, nearly 3 months ahead of the original project completion time. Conclusion: This mechanical design process model can effectively guide the product design process, which is of great significance to the whole mechanical design field.

Design Model Applied to the Design of Production Machines

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. de Roode ◽  
H. A. Crone
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Computer Support ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Multiple Views ◽  
General Design ◽  
The Past ◽  
Design Activities

Abstract This paper describes a general design model that serves as a base for computer-support in the conceptual design stage. The model consists of a model of the artefact to be designed, design activities and knowledge. The artefact model contains multiple views, each highlighting a certain aspect of the design. Design activities are performed to create this model and knowledge describes information generated in the past that can be reused. The general design model has been used to develop a specific model for the design of production machines. This specific model has been implemented in a prototype computer-program and has been evaluated within several companies. The results are promising and show that designers gain new insights by using the model.

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