In the market-place of the 21st century, there is no place for traditional 'over-the-
wall'communications between design and manufacturing. In order to 'design it right the very …

World-wide markets are becoming increasingly competitive, and in order to sustain market
share organisations are develo** a customer-oriented approach for designing and …

Neural networks in a multilayer perceptron architecture are able to classify data and
approximate functions based on a set of sample data (curve fitting). These properties are …

This paper presents the state of the art of the research work carried out within the multi-
national collaborative programme IMS-Test Case 3 “Global Concurrent Engineering”. The …

The ability to utilize concurrent engineering fully as a strategy for achieving shorter time to
market, reduced development costs, and higher-quality products depends on an ability to …

Despite the small number of applications to date, neural networks are likely to be able to
contribute to decision support in selected fields of R&D management. We identify the …

US5822206A - Concurrent engineering design tool and method - Google Patents
US5822206A - Concurrent engineering design tool and method - Google Patents Concurrent …

This paper presents a new approach to concurrent engineering, namely the use of artificial
intelligence constraint networks to advise the designer on improvements that can be made …

This research work aims to develop an intelligent constraint-based system that enables
designers to consider at the early stages of the design process all activities associated with …

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a method of product planning in the early phases of
the development of new products (pre-CAD phase). A major drawback of its application is …