TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating design processes with self-iteration activities based on DSM planning
AU - Karniel, Arie
AU - Reich, Yoram
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Design Processes are fundamentally iterative. The increasing knowledge about the product, while designing, manifests in design changes of previously accomplished activities. Such iterations are considered as a major source of increased product development lead-time and cost; thus process planning and simulation are essential. The Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is a known method for process planning. Since the DSM itself does not express all the relevant information that is required for defining process logic, process logic interpretation is required. "Business Rules", being logic interpretation options that are applicable in different business cases, can guide automatic translation of the DSM to valid iterative process plans. This study focuses on implementing self activity iterations in process simulation. Notwithstanding their importance, they are overlooked in DSM literature. Using different business rules results in various Run time processes that exhibit non-trivial behaviors, interpretation rules are fully validated for a test case.
AB - Design Processes are fundamentally iterative. The increasing knowledge about the product, while designing, manifests in design changes of previously accomplished activities. Such iterations are considered as a major source of increased product development lead-time and cost; thus process planning and simulation are essential. The Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is a known method for process planning. Since the DSM itself does not express all the relevant information that is required for defining process logic, process logic interpretation is required. "Business Rules", being logic interpretation options that are applicable in different business cases, can guide automatic translation of the DSM to valid iterative process plans. This study focuses on implementing self activity iterations in process simulation. Notwithstanding their importance, they are overlooked in DSM literature. Using different business rules results in various Run time processes that exhibit non-trivial behaviors, interpretation rules are fully validated for a test case.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34748870678&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSEM.2007.373331
DO - 10.1109/ICSEM.2007.373331
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AN - SCOPUS:34748870678
SN - 1424407710
SN - 9781424407712
T3 - 2007 International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, ICSEM '07
SP - 33
EP - 41
BT - 2007 International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, ICSEM '07
T2 - 2007 International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, ICSEM '07
Y2 - 20 March 2007 through 23 March 2007
ER -