Complexity

Theory and Applications

Nam P. Suh - Collection MIT-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering

312 pages, parution le 05/08/2005

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Résumé

Nam P. Suh focussed his axiomatic design theories on methods to understand and deal with complexity. Suh is a well-respected designer and researcher in the fields of manufacturing and composite materials. He is best known for his systems that aim to speed up and simplify the process of design for manufacturing. The 'axioms' in axiomatic design refer to a process to help engineers reduce design specifications down to their simplest components, so that the engineers can produce the simplest possible solution to a problem. Complexity, besides being a key area of burgeoning research in disciplines interested in complex systems and chaos theory (like computer science and physics), is a complicating factor in engineering design that many engineers find difficult to overcome. Suh's multidisciplinary exploration of complex systems is meant to eliminate much of the confusion and allow engineers to accommodate complexity within simple, elegant design solutions.

Readership: Graduate course in complex systems and/or engineering design; reference for professional engineers

L'auteur - Nam P. Suh

Nam P. Suh, Ralph E. & Eloise F. Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Introduction
Introduction to axiomatic design principles
Complexity theory based on axiomatic design
Reduction of time-independent complexity
Reduction of time-dependent complexity through the use of functional periodicity
Reduction of complexity in manufacturing systems
Reduction of complexity by means of geometric functional periodicity
Reduction of complexity in materials through functional periodicity
Complexity of biological systems
Complexity of sociopolitical-economic issues
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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Nam P. Suh
Collection	MIT-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering
Parution	05/08/2005
Nb. de pages	312
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	660g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780195178760
ISBN13	978-0-19-517876-0