Industry competitiveness depends on the cost, performance, and timely delivery of the
product. Thus, an accurate, rapid, and robust product cost estimation model for the entire …

Accurate cost information is very important to designers and decision-makers during the
product design phase. This study applies support vector regression (SVR) to cost estimation …

Accurate cost estimation plays a significant role in industrial product development and
production. This research applied least squares support vector machines (LS-SVM) method …

The lack of effective cost estimation method is the bottleneck for product cost control at the
early design stage. In this article, the product costs of sedan, sports utility vehicle and multi …

In the automotive industry, cost estimation of components to be purchased plays an
important role for price negotiations with suppliers and, therefore, for cost control within the …

Plastic injection products have been widely used in various household necessities and high-
tech commodities. For getting the bigger target market share and the advantage of leading …

Plastic injection molding technology has been widely used in a variety of high-tech products,
auto parts and generic household products. Against the waves of globalization, the plastic …

Market competition leads to shorter cycle times for new or updated products. Therefore,
flexibility in reacting to market changes, product development, and all related processes …

Precise cost prediction of new product development (NPD) projects has been a challenge
for both academia and practitioners that often requires much effort and experience. In this …