Overview
- Major shortcomings of existing methods and the applicability of comprehensive and domain-spanning problems
- Network visualization in graphs and matrices in order to allow for better system understanding and user interaction
- Practical procedures for the analysis, control, and optimization of complex system structures have been generated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in practical applications.
The book presents a methodology that enables the analysis, control and optimization of complex structures, and the applicability of domain-spanning problems. The methodology allows significant improvements on handling system complexity by creating improved system understanding on the one hand and optimizing product design that is robust for system adaptations on the other hand. Developers can thereby enhance project coordination and improve communication between team members and as a result shorten development time. The practical application of the methodology is described by means of two detailed examples.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann was postdoctoral engeged in many industrial enterprises. Since 1995 he is head of the Department for product development of the Technical University of Munich. Teaching and research are focused on the development of strategies for the early stages of development, approaches to product innovation, questions of cost management and the use of computers in product development and the inclusion of psychological and sociological insights.
Dr.-Ing. Maik Maurer graduated in mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität München. In 2007 he became Ph.D. at the Technische Universität München.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Structural Complexity Management
Book Subtitle: An Approach for the Field of Product Design
Authors: Udo Lindemann, Maik Maurer, Thomas Braun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87889-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-87888-9Published: 15 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09967-0Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-87889-6Published: 24 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 240
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design, Complex Systems, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Operations Management, Complexity, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems