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RISA Decomposed Gradient-Based Approach for Generalized Platform Selection and Variant Design in Product Family Optimization
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A core challenge in product family optimization is to jointly determine (1) the optimal selection of components to be shared across product variants and (2) the optimal values for design ...
A Deterministic Lagrangian-Based Global Optimization Approach for Quasiseparable Nonconvex Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programs
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: We propose a deterministic approach for global optimization of nonconvex quasiseparable problems encountered frequently in engineering systems design. Our branch and bound-based optimization algorithm ...
Optimal Product Design Under Price Competition
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Engineering optimization methods for new product development model consumer demand as a function of product attributes and price in order to identify designs that maximize expected profit. However, ...
Weights, Norms, and Notation in Analytical Target Cascading
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This technical note provides clarification, modification, and generalization of the notation used to describe analytical target cascading, a model-based hierarchical optimization methodology for ...
An Efficient Weighting Update Method to Achieve Acceptable Consistency Deviation in Analytical Target Cascading
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Weighting coefficients are used in analytical target cascading (ATC) at each element of the hierarchy to express the relative importance of (a) matching targets passed from the parent element ...
Global Optimization of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Design and Allocation to Minimize Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: We pose a reformulated model for optimal design and allocation of conventional (CV), hybrid electric (HEV), and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles to obtain global solutions that minimize ...
Diagonal Quadratic Approximation for Parallelization of Analytical Target Cascading
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Analytical target cascading (ATC) is an effective decomposition approach used for engineering design optimization problems that have hierarchical structures. With ATC, the overall system is split ...
Should Designers Worry About Market Systems?
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: We examine how profit-maximizing designs are influenced by two structural aspects of market systems: (1) the structure of manufacturer-retailer interactions and (2) the structure of heterogeneity ...
Balancing Marketing and Manufacturing Objectives in Product Line Design
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The product development process involves communication and compromise among interacting and often competing objectives from marketing, design, and manufacturing perspectives. Methods for negotiating ...
A Study of Fuel Efficiency and Emission Policy Impact on Optimal Vehicle Design Decisions
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Recent environmental legislation, such as the European Union Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles and the Japanese Home Electric Appliances Recycling law, has had a major influence on product design ...