Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design [electronic resource] / Committee on Theoretical Foundations for Decision Making in Engineering Design, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering design--Decision making.

Engineering design.

Research, Industrial--Decision making.

Research, Industrial.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR DECISION MAKING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCE""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""PRIOR STUDIES""; ""THE CHANGING NATURE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN""; ""CURRENT STUDY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 DECISION MAKING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN""; ""3 BASIC TOOLS FOR APPLIED DECISION THEORY""; ""THE DECISION BASIS""; ""FRAMING""; ""SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS""; ""4 METHODS, THEORIES, AND TOOLS""; ""CONCURRENT ENGINEERING""; ""TOOLS TO OBTAIN STAKEHOLDER INPUT""; ""THE PUGH METHOD""

""QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT""""DECISION MATRIX TECHNIQUES""; ""ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS""; ""TOOLS AND METHODS TO ADDRESS VARIABILITY, QUALITY, ANDUNCERTAINTY""; ""PROJECTED LATENT STRUCTURE""; ""TAGUCHI METHOD""; ""SIX SIGMA""; ""METHODS AND TOOLS FOR GENERATING ALTERNATIVES""; ""DESIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTS""; ""TRIZ""; ""FORMAL METHODS FOR REPRESENTING DESIGN PROBLEMS""; ""ENGINEERING DESIGN: A SYNTHESIS OF VIEWS""; ""SUH�S AXIOMATIC DESIGN""; ""YOSHIKAWA�S GENERAL DESIGN THEORY""; ""A MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN""

""DECISION MAKING IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ECONOMICFIELDS""""DECISION MAKING IN ECONOMICS""; ""GAME THEORY""; ""SUMMARY OF METHODS, THEORIES, AND TOOLS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION ANDRESEARCH""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY 2000""; ""APPENDIX B INVITED SPEAKERS""; ""APPENDIX C BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS""; ""APPENDIX D COMMITTEE USAGE""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

923272347