Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design

A Brahma, DC Wynn - Research in Engineering Design, 2023 - Springer
Interest in change propagation analysis for engineering design has increased rapidly since
the topic gained prominence in the late 1990s. Although there are now many approaches …

Reasoning support for predicting requirement change volatility using complex network metrics

PH Hein, E Kames, C Chen… - Journal of Engineering …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Due to inevitable design iterations, requirements are frequently changed and revised. If not
effectively managed, undesired propagating changes may result in monetary and time …

Exploring topic modelling for generalising design requirements in complex design

C Chen, B Morkos - Journal of Engineering Design, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As the redesign process progresses in product lifecycle management, effectively managing
engineering changes becomes increasingly challenging, often leading to catastrophic and …

Front end projects benefits realisation from a requirements management perspective—A systematic literature review

J Serugga, M Kagioglou, P Tzortzopoulos - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recent notable emergence of a body of research in requirements management on one
hand and benefits realisation has contributed to addressing a growing need for improved …

Propagation path optimization of product attribute design changes based on petri net fusion ant colony algorithm

Y Gan, Y He, L Gao, W He - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
An effective and controlled design change in product attributes can improve product quality,
promote product innovation, and meet customer demands. During design changes, the links …

A Bayesian networks approach to estimate engineering change propagation risk and duration

FN Yeasin, M Grenn, B Roberts - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An engineering change (EC) is an alteration made to a system that has been released
following a system design process. EC propagation is a series of ECs occurring due to …

A study on the mechanisms of change propagation in mechanical design

A Brahma, DC Wynn - Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract Design changes and change propagation have been recognized as ubiquitous in
the engineering design process. But why are some design changes propagated while others …

Resilience analysis of infrastructure systems in incremental design change

ECY Koh - Computers in Industry, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruptions to infrastructure systems can affect many facets of our daily life. Despite best
efforts to design infrastructure systems that are resilient to disruptions, many systems are …

An analysis method for change propagation based on product feature network

L Chen, Y Zheng, J Xi, S Li - Research in Engineering Design, 2020 - Springer
At present, how to evaluate the impact of product design changes in product development
process has been a problem to be solved. The research on product design changes has …

Characteristics of changeable systems across value chains

T Masood, M Kern, P John Clarkson - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Engineering changes (ECs) are inevitable for businesses due to increasing innovation,
shorter lifecycles, technology and process improvements and cost reduction initiatives. The …