Knowledge Structuring for Function Design

Design methodologies: Industrial and educational applications

“…In the situations where axiomatic design has not been adopted in the teaching of engineering design, the insufficient training and practical experiences may be the reasons. Without good training and support axiomatic design may not appear to be as easy to follow as the more conventional, algorithmic, or systematic, methodological design methods [90]. These conventional methods lack the advantage of systematic evaluation that comes from being governed by axioms.…”

Collaborative Product Development in Ill-Structured Problem Domains

“…This will facilitate to arrive at innovative, new product designs [5] but at the same time these design problems become ill-structured ones that can be called coupled in Suh's terminology. We then analyzed ill-structured problems in design in contrast with well-structured problems based on Suh's design matrix concept.…”

“…In the context of CSCWD, it is equivalent to introduce a moderator who can integrate opinions of different experts to help the leader (or designer) who makes the final decision. Technically, this approach will facilitate knowledge fusion (see Section 4.2) [5,9]. (3) Such ontological descriptions about a theory will help to identify conditions in which the theory is valid.…”

A Knowledge Network Approach Supporting the Value Chain

“…This is eloquently described in Seufert et al [4] who give specific emphasis to the integration of the epistemological and ontological dimensions of knowledge work. Linking structured knowledge to design is common engineering knowledge of which there are many referenced examples (see [5]). However, innovation also requires the right (heterogenic) combination of knowledge, know-how and tools [6], and such combinations in Knowledge Frameworks is not a new approach ( [7] and [8] provide examples).…”