TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction of product platform complexity by vectorial Euclidean algorithm
AU - Navarrete, Israel Aguilera
AU - Lozano Guzmán, Alejandro A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been carried out as part of a grant provided by CONACYT-IPN, at the Center for Applied Science and Advanced Technology in Queretaro (CICATAQRO-IPN).
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - In traditional machine, equipment and devices design, technical solutions are practically independent, thus increasing designs cost and complexity. Overcoming this situation has been tackled just using designer's experience. In this work, a product platform complexity reduction is presented based on a matrix representation of technical solutions versus product properties. This matrix represents the product platform. From this matrix, the Euclidean distances among technical solutions are obtained. Thus, the vectorial distances among technical solutions are identified in a new matrix of order of the number of technical solutions identified. This new matrix can be reorganized in groups with a hierarchical structure, in such a way that modular design of products is now more tractable. As a result of this procedure, the minimum vector distances are found thus being possible to identify the best technical solutions for the design problem raised. Application of these concepts is shown with two examples.
AB - In traditional machine, equipment and devices design, technical solutions are practically independent, thus increasing designs cost and complexity. Overcoming this situation has been tackled just using designer's experience. In this work, a product platform complexity reduction is presented based on a matrix representation of technical solutions versus product properties. This matrix represents the product platform. From this matrix, the Euclidean distances among technical solutions are obtained. Thus, the vectorial distances among technical solutions are identified in a new matrix of order of the number of technical solutions identified. This new matrix can be reorganized in groups with a hierarchical structure, in such a way that modular design of products is now more tractable. As a result of this procedure, the minimum vector distances are found thus being possible to identify the best technical solutions for the design problem raised. Application of these concepts is shown with two examples.
KW - Complexity
KW - Dendrogram
KW - Euclidean distances
KW - Mechanical design
KW - Product platform
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U2 - 10.1007/s12206-013-0859-3
DO - 10.1007/s12206-013-0859-3
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1738-494X
VL - 27
SP - 3371
EP - 3379
JO - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
IS - 11
ER -