GOALI/IUCP: Concurrent Optimization-Based Design of Multi-Component Systems with Multiple Views

该项目是为多组件系统（如电动工具）的并行设计开发一个决策支持工具，这些系统受到多个视图的影响，如设计，制造和营销方面的考虑。 所开发的数值工具将确定产品系统的设计属性，以便在给定产品市场需求的情况下，实现设计的最高可能效用。 产品设计在系统层面的效用将由单个效用（或目标）函数建模。 该功能将被制定为满足业务目标。 系统级的目标函数将是子系统（或组件）级目标的函数。 子系统级的目标函数将根据性能、质量和成本指标制定。将施加适当的限制。 该模型将允许交互和权衡探索的顶层决策者，在系统级，并在子系统级的决策者。 该模型的应用程序的电动工具的设计将被证明，以获得一个妥协的协同设计解决方案。 如果成功，这项研究的结果将导致提高工程设计过程中的并发水平，减少产品设计开发时间，降低成本，从而使美国工业在全球市场上更具竞争力。

This project is for the development of a decision support tool for concurrent design of multi-component systems, such as power tools, that are subject to multiple views, such as design, manufacturing, and marketing considerations. The developed numerical tool will determine design attributes of a product system such that, given the product market demand, the highest possible utility of the design is achieved. The utility of the product design at the system's level will be modeled by a single utility (or objective) function. This function will be formulated to meet the goals of a business. The objective function at the systems level will be a function of the objectives at the subsystems (or components) level. The objective functions at the subsystems level will be formulated based on performance, quality, and cost metrics. Appropriate constraints will be imposed. The model will allow interactions and tradeoff explorations by a top-level decision maker, at the system-level, and by decision makers at the subsystems level. An application of the model to the design of a power tool will be demonstrated in order to obtain a compromise collaborative design solution. If successful, the results of this research will lead to increased level of concurrency in the engineering design process, reduce product design development time, reduce cost, and as a result make the US industry more competitive in the global marketplace.