Abstract
The lack of overview is a major problem in the design of any complex product; designers’ mental processes lead to a partial and biased understanding of it. With conventional representations it is difficult to gain an even overview over the product. This paper discusses a product linkage modelling method, which was developed from earlier work on the prediction of change propagation, as a way of constructing and representing overview product models. Initial evaluation of the method has successfully occurred in two UK industrial companies.
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Jarratt, T.A.W., Eckert, C.M., Clarkson, P.J., Stacey, M.K. (2004). Providing an Overview during the Design of Complex Products. In: Gero, J.S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition ’04. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2393-4_13
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