Existing product concept generation and evaluation methods are mainly based on
designers' experience to determine design schemes in the process of product development …

Led by the goals of energy saving and low emissions, tractors need more efficient
operations under complex farmland working environments. The powertrain architecture of …

This paper presents an integrated Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (f AHP) and Weighted
Fuzzy Axiomatic Design (wf AD) methodology for a strategic level problem of hydrogen …

This study is a double subject that links Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) to the
problem of robot selection. The study is contained in three folds. The first fold addresses this …

There is a combinatorial explosion of alternative variants of an assembly design owing to the
design freedom provided by additive manufacturing (AM). In this regard, a novel virtual …

In recent years, industrial facilities are devoting ever greater attention to the importance of
energy in their operations. It directly supports the challenges of high availability, quality …

Engineers seek to design systems that will produce an intended change in the state of the
world. How are we to know if a system will behave as intended? This article addresses ways …

There are many well-known systematic approaches to design the digital systems used in
manufacturing. However, there are only a few approaches that specifically deal with low-cost …

Complexity is discussed in design literature mainly through its negative and in some cases
positive consequences. This article critically reviews and elaborates the effects of complexity …

Purpose During design of reconfigurable manufacturing systems, manufacturing companies
need to select and implement the right enablers of reconfigurability in accordance with the …