Research on group decision support system for concurrent product development process

There are many complex evaluation and decision-making problems in concurrent product development process. In order to improve the efficiency of multi-discipline work team for concurrent product development. The evaluation and decision tools should be provided. In the paper, the characteristics of group decision during concurrent product development process are analyzed and a group decision support system (GDSS) with multi-agent structure is presented. The main functions and working principles of each agent are introduced in detail. The working process of this system and the implementation method of agent are also discussed. This GDSS has the characteristics of flexible structure and high adaptability and can offer the powerful support to concurrent product development.