An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance
This study presents an experimental methodology to measure how concept generation procedures can affect the anticipated lifecycle performance of engineering systems design concepts. The methodology is based on objective and quantitative measurements of anticipated lifecycle performance of the design...
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| author | Cardin, Michel-Alexandre Kolfschoten, Gwendolyn L. Frey, Daniel de Neufville, Richard de Weck, Olivier L. Geltner, David M. |
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| description | This study presents an experimental methodology to measure how concept generation procedures can affect the anticipated lifecycle performance of engineering systems design concepts. The methodology is based on objective and quantitative measurements of anticipated lifecycle performance of the design concepts. It merges cognitive and computer-aided techniques from the fields of collaboration engineering, creativity, and engineering design. It complements the body of existing techniques relying on subjective expert assessments, and other objective metrics not explicitly measuring anticipated lifecycle performance (e.g. development time and cost). Application of the methodology is demonstrated through evaluation of design procedures generating flexibility in engineering systems design. Experiments had ninety participants generate creative design alternatives to a simplified real estate development design problem. Thirty-two teams of two to three participants performed the collaborative design exercise. An online Group-Support System interface enabled efficient data collection and analysis. A computationally efficient mid-fidelity model was used to evaluate flexible design concepts quantitatively based on real options analysis techniques. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/818892022-09-28T13:51:01Z An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance Cardin, Michel-Alexandre Kolfschoten, Gwendolyn L. Frey, Daniel de Neufville, Richard de Weck, Olivier L. Geltner, David M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Frey, Daniel de Neufville, Richard de Weck, Olivier L. Geltner, David M. This study presents an experimental methodology to measure how concept generation procedures can affect the anticipated lifecycle performance of engineering systems design concepts. The methodology is based on objective and quantitative measurements of anticipated lifecycle performance of the design concepts. It merges cognitive and computer-aided techniques from the fields of collaboration engineering, creativity, and engineering design. It complements the body of existing techniques relying on subjective expert assessments, and other objective metrics not explicitly measuring anticipated lifecycle performance (e.g. development time and cost). Application of the methodology is demonstrated through evaluation of design procedures generating flexibility in engineering systems design. Experiments had ninety participants generate creative design alternatives to a simplified real estate development design problem. Thirty-two teams of two to three participants performed the collaborative design exercise. An online Group-Support System interface enabled efficient data collection and analysis. A computationally efficient mid-fidelity model was used to evaluate flexible design concepts quantitatively based on real options analysis techniques. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Singapore University of Technology and Design. International Design Center 2013-10-30T20:58:02Z 2013-10-30T20:58:02Z 2012-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-62276-916-2 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81889 Cardin, Michel-Alexandre, Gwendolyn L. Kolfschoten, Daniel D. Frey, Richard de Neufville, Olivier L. de Weck, and David M. Geltner. "An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance." In 22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2012) and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012 (EuSEC 2012), July 9-2, 2012, Rome, Italy. pp. 777-801. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-383X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-7512 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-7555 en_US http://toc.proceedings.com/17373webtoc.pdf Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2012) and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012 (EuSEC 2012) Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf INCOSE-International Council on Systems Engineering Other univ. web domain |
| spellingShingle | Cardin, Michel-Alexandre Kolfschoten, Gwendolyn L. Frey, Daniel de Neufville, Richard de Weck, Olivier L. Geltner, David M. An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title | An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title_full | An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title_fullStr | An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title_short | An Experimental Methodology to Evaluate Concept Generation Procedures Based on Quantitative Lifecycle Performance |
| title_sort | experimental methodology to evaluate concept generation procedures based on quantitative lifecycle performance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81889 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-383X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-7512 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-7555 |
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