An Intelligent Decision Support System Based on MAS for Product Development

An intelligent decision support system based on MAS for new product development is presented for enhancing the success rate of new product development. The dialogue layer, problem decomposition layer, control layer and problem solving layer in the decision process are studied; corresponding decision support apply modules are built based on the design idea of decision support system with multi-structure through the share of resource and information; the design principles of product development decision support system and general design schemes are proposed. Decision support system for product development is divided into two levels of enterprise internal management system and external management system by the function of system, linkage mode, user´s level and geographical location, and the levels are combined to be a whole on the unified hardware and software platform through communication system.