Proposal of an Activity-Based Adaptive Process Model for Innovative Design

Qiang Zhang (1) , Ioana Deniaud (2) , Claude Baron (3) , Emmanuel Caillaud (4)

1 LGeco - Laboratoire de Génie de la Conception
2 BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
3 LAAS-ISI - Équipe Ingénierie Système et Intégration
4 ICube - Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie

In this paper, we introduced an activity-based adaptive process model that views innovative design as a complex adaptive system. Instead of predefining the process architecture, we constructed the model framework by adaptively selecting the design activity by the activity value. We defined the activity value as the complexity reduction associated with the possibility of satisfying the design targets and design stages. Moreover, this paper contributes an expert evaluation methodology to evaluate the activity value in order to balance innovation and control. Finally, we applied the model to an industrial case and analyzed the simulation results.

Mots clés: adaptive model; complexity; innovative design; activity value

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Qiang Zhang, Ioana Deniaud, Claude Baron, Emmanuel Caillaud. Proposal of an Activity-Based Adaptive Process Model for Innovative Design. ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Aug 2013, Portland, United States. 10p., ⟨10.1115/DETC2013-12581⟩. ⟨hal-01771710⟩