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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 13, 2014
ICPER 2014 - 4th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability
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| Article Number | 04007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Materials and Manufacturing | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20141304007 | |
| Published online | 17 July 2014 | |
Progressive Concept Evaluation Method for Automatically Generated Concept Variants
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Mechanical Engineering Department, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia
a Corresponding author: dereje.woldemichael@petronas.com.my
Conceptual design is one of the most critical and important phases of design process with least computer support system. Conceptual design support tool (CDST) is a conceptual design support system developed to automatically generate concepts for each subfunction in functional structure. The automated concept generation process results in large number of concept variants which require a thorough evaluation process to select the best design. To address this, a progressive concept evaluation technique consisting of absolute comparison, concept screening and weighted decision matrix using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed to eliminate infeasible concepts at each stage. The software implementation of the proposed method is demonstrated.
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