Abstract
A product platform is a set of common components, modules or parts from which a stream of derivative products can be created. Product platform design requires selection of the shared parts and assessment of the potential sacrifices in individual product performance that result from parts sharing. A multicriteria optimization problem can be formulated to study such decisions in a quantitative manner at the product performance level. Studying the Pareto sets that correspond to various derivative products leads to a systematic methodology for design decision making. Design of a nail gun platform is used to illustrate the concepts presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 199-204 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design