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Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design

Managing the Structure of Design Processes

  • Extensive description of all involved models makes it possible to apply the analysis approach to all common process modeling methodologies
  • Three detailed case studies to exemplify the application to facilitate the transfer to other cases
  • The comprehensive appendix with all details and checklists for structural analysis provides a complete overview of current means of structural analysis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Complex processes in engineering design

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 9-32
  3. The foundations of complexity metrics

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 33-92
  4. Concept of an integrated set of complexity metrics

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 93-100
  5. Modeling the structure of design processes

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 101-132
  6. Complexity Metrics for Design Processes

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 133-172
  7. The S-GQM framework to select metrics

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 173-190
  8. Industrial application of metrics

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 191-225
  9. Conclusions and outlook

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 227-234
  10. References

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 235-269
  11. Appendix

    • Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann
    Pages 271-400
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 401-403

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Engineering Architecture - Architecture, München, Germany

    Matthias Kreimeyer

  • Lehrstuhl für Produktentwicklung, TU München, Garching, Germany

    Udo Lindemann

About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design

  • Book Subtitle: Managing the Structure of Design Processes

  • Authors: Matthias Kreimeyer, Udo Lindemann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20963-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-20962-8Published: 16 July 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44112-7Published: 27 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-20963-5Published: 16 July 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 403

  • Topics: Complexity, Engineering Design, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, IT in Business

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Softcover Book USD 209.00
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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