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ARCHITECTING COMPLEX ENGINEERED SYSTEMS

Part of:Systems Engineering and Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

U. Sellgren and
D. Williamsson
U. Sellgren*
Affiliation:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
D. Williamsson
Affiliation:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenScania CV AB, Sweden
*
*ulfse@kth.se

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Novel products are commonly realized by integrating heterogeneous technologies. Product architecting focus on defining the scheme by which the product functions are allocated to physical components. A DSM-based clustering method that integrates technical complexity and strategic concerns has previously been proposed. It has been shown that interaction weights in the DSM may affect the clustering result. A complexity-based interaction strength model to be used in DSM clustering is proposed here. The case study gives promising results from both interaction performance and safety points of view.

Keywords

design structure matrix (DSM)complex systemssystems engineering (SE)

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020, pp. 2415 - 2424
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