Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design
Managing the Structure of Design Processes
Published on 27. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 403 pages
978-3-642-44112-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents the results of several years' research work on how to characterize complexity in engineering design with a specific regard to dependency modeling. The 52 complexity metrics that are presented show different facets of how complexity takes shape in design processes. The metrics are supported by a modeling method and a measurement framework to employ the metrics in a goal-oriented manner. The detailed description of all involved metrics and models makes it possible to apply the analysis approach to common process modeling methodologies. Three case studies from automotive process management illustrate the application to facilitate the transfer to other cases in an industrial context. The comprehensive appendix supplies additional details and checklists for structural analysis to generate a complete overview of current means of structural analysis.
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Edition
2011 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XIII, 403 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-44112-7 (9783642441127)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-20963-5
Schweitzer Classification
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Matthias Kreimeyer | Udo Lindemann
Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design
Managing the Structure of Design Processes
Book
07/2011
Springer
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Persons
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kreimeyer is a product architect in commercial vehicle design at MAN Truck & Bus AG, Germany. Having graduated from the Institute of Product Development, his research work has a strong focus in automotive process management as well as complex structures and dependency models.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann has been active in in industry for many years before he became the head of the Department of Product Development at Technische Universität München, Germany. His research is focused especially on systems engineering, complexity and cost management.
Content
Introduction: Focus of this research.- The foundations of complexity metrics.- Concept of a structural measurement system for engineering design processes.- Modeling the structure of engineering design processes.- Complexity Metrics for Design Processes.- The S-GQM framework to select metrics.- Industrial application of metrics.- Conclusions and outlook.- References.- Appendix.- Keyword index.