Abstract: A properly designed product-system platform seeks to reduce the cost and lead time for design and development of the product-system family. A key goal is to achieve a tradeoff between economy of scope from product variety ...

Abstract: In order to develop novel solutions for complex systems and in increasingly competitive markets, it may be advantageous to generate large numbers of design concepts and then to identify the most novel and valuable ideas. ...

Abstract: Bioinspired design and the broader field of designbyanalogy have been the basis of numerous innovative designs throughout history; yet there remains much to be understood about these practices of design, their underlying ...

Abstract: This work presents a methodology for discovering structure in design repository databases, toward the ultimate goal of stimulating designers through designbyanalogy. Using a Bayesian model combined with latent semantic ...

Abstract: User behavior can determine over one third of the energy consumed in the residential energy market. Thus, user behavior has become a primary focus in sustainable mechanical device, appliance, and smart-energy systems design. ...

Abstract: Design principles are created to codify and formalize design knowledge so that innovative, archival practices may be communicated and used to advance design science and solve future design problems, especially the pinnacle, ...

Abstract: Most passive gravity balancing mechanisms (GBMs) require manual adjustment or actuators to alter its parameters for different payloads. The few balancers that passively self-regulate employ regulation at the end-effector, ...

Abstract: Industry 4.0, as the fourth industrial revolution, represents significant challenges and numerous innovation opportunities for future product realization. A critical area of Industry 4.0 is the advancement of new design ...

Abstract: We propose a large, scalable engineering knowledge graph, comprising sets of real-world engineering “facts” as &lt

Abstract: This work lends insight into the meaning and impact of “nearâ€‌ and “farâ€‌ analogies. A cognitive engineering design study is presented that examines the effect of the distance of analogical design stimuli on design ...