TY - JOUR
T1 - 22 Using design structure matrices in visualising design processes
AU - August, Elias
AU - Eckert, Claudia
AU - John Clarkson, P.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The binary design structure matrix (DSM) was introduced as a graphical information tool to visualise engineering design processes. Numerical DSMs, which provide designers with extra information, followed. To capture the design process of complex products as in the aerospace, automobile, and telecommunication industries, it is necessary to deal with very large DSMs. The aim of this chapter is to present different types of DSMs and their alternatives; to discuss their advantages and disadvantages; and to discuss the restrictions of numerical DSMs, when used as visual rather than computational tools. A way of handling large DSMs by zooming and hierarchical structuring is also discussed.
AB - The binary design structure matrix (DSM) was introduced as a graphical information tool to visualise engineering design processes. Numerical DSMs, which provide designers with extra information, followed. To capture the design process of complex products as in the aerospace, automobile, and telecommunication industries, it is necessary to deal with very large DSMs. The aim of this chapter is to present different types of DSMs and their alternatives; to discuss their advantages and disadvantages; and to discuss the restrictions of numerical DSMs, when used as visual rather than computational tools. A way of handling large DSMs by zooming and hierarchical structuring is also discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956680291&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1571-0831(04)80050-9
DO - 10.1016/S1571-0831(04)80050-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956680291
SN - 1571-0831
VL - 2
SP - 305
EP - 317
JO - Studies in Multidisciplinarity
JF - Studies in Multidisciplinarity
IS - C
ER -