This article presents an overview of the state-of-the art in modeling and simulation, and
studies to which extent current simulation technologies can effectively support the design …

Abstract Recently,“Big Data” has attracted not only researchers' but also manufacturers'
attention along with the development of information technology. In this paper, the concept …

This paper provides a new metric, knowledge management performance index (KMPI), for
assessing the performance of a firm in its knowledge management (KM) at a point in time …

Data-driven conceptual design methods and tools aim to inspire human ideation for new
design concepts by providing external inspirational stimuli. In prior studies, the stimuli have …

Teleological modeling is fundamental to understanding and explaining many complex
systems, especially engineered systems. Research on engineering design and problem …

A comprehensive review is given of recent research on develo** Web-based
manufacturing systems. First, the key issues in develo** Web-based manufacturing …

We envision that the next generation of knowledge-based CAD systems will be
characterized by four features: they will be based on cognitive accounts of design, and they …

Abstract Design-by-analogy is a growing field of study and practice, due to its power to
augment and extend traditional concept generation methods by expanding the set of …

Engineering design processes comprise highly creative and knowledge-intensive tasks that
involve extensive information exchange and communication among distributed teams. In …

Design-by-analogy is a powerful approach to augment traditional concept generation
methods by expanding the set of generated ideas using similarity relationships from …