Multi-criteria fuzzy decision support for conceptual evaluation in design of mechatronic systems: a quadrotor design case study

Conceptual Design of a Nanosatellite Incubator Using Axiomatic Design and a Mechatronic Multicriteria Profile

“…After identifying the design requirements, the whole approach starts by generating the different design alternatives by respecting the two axioms of AD. Then DSM 2021 the different concepts are evaluated separately for each of the five sub-criteria according to the MMP developed by (Mohebbi et al, 2014(Mohebbi et al, , 2018. Finally, the Global Concept Score (GCS) of each solution are obtained by fuzzy measures and Choquet Integral, and the optimal solution is obtained after comparison.…”

“…And this process includes comparison and decisionmaking (Ullman, 2010). In order to form an integrated and systematic evaluation approach, (Mohebbi et al, 2018) identified the most important criteria and their associated subcriteria to form an index vector called MMP:…”

“…Then, the next step is to obtain the aggregate measurements using the Choquet Integral, which have been applied and proven to be accurate and reliable in multicriteria design problems (Mohebbi et al, 2014(Mohebbi et al, , 2018. Thus, the index for evaluating the performance of a system is defined as the global concept score (GCS):…”

“…Moreover, give that it covers COTS components from various disciplines such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and control engineering (ESA, 2016), and such a system also meets the definition of mechatronic systems by (Rzevski, 2014). We therefore chose the Mechatronic Multicriteria Profile (MMP) including five main criteria (Machine Intelligence Quotient, Reliability, Complexity, Flexibility, and Cost of manufacturing and production) proposed by (Mohebbi et al, 2014(Mohebbi et al, , 2018 for mechatronic concept evaluation in the conceptual design phase. In the decision phase, a quantitative evaluation method is used to generate evaluation index by fuzzy measures and Choquet Integral to rank the generated feasible concepts and select the "Elite" set among the design solutions.…”

Potential of circular economy implementation in the mechatronics industry: An exploratory research

“…Consequently, a lot of effort is invested during the design process for the integration of the multi-domain components and subsystems. Developing methods that would facilitate the mechatronic design process and related decision making is thus an active field of research (Chouinard et al, 2017(Chouinard et al, , 2019aMohebbi et al, 2018). The main product-related challenges associated with mechatronic devices and their multi-domain nature can be summarized as such (Torry-Smith et al, 2012):…”