Title :
Product development process intelligent analysis and improvement
Author :
Yong, Yao ; Guangleng, Xiong ; Wenhui, Fan ; Xiaodong, Fan
Author_Institution :
Nat. CIMS Eng. Res. Center, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Product development process analysis and improvement are very important to enterprises, but most Product Data Management (PDM) systems are not good at them. This paper presents a method that integrates Design Structure Matrix (DSM), Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Expert System (ES) techniques to intelligently analyze and improve the product development process managed by PDM systems. Based on DSM representation, GA orders the sequence of activities in process with ES´s guiding to get a reasonable and optimal sequence. Based on theoretical research results, the Computer-Aided Process Improvement (CAPI) system was developed and was integrated to PDM.
Keywords :
expert systems; genetic algorithms; product design; product development; computer aided process improvement system; design structure matrix; expert system; genetic algorithm; product data management systems; product development process intelligent analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Control systems; Engineering management; Expert systems; Genetic algorithms; Genetic engineering; Information management; Power system management; Product development; Software development management;
Conference_Titel :
Networking, Sensing and Control, 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8193-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICNSC.2004.1297473
