Function Impact Matrix for Sustainable Concept Generation: A Designer’s Perspective

Function Impact Matrix for Sustainable Concept Generation: A Designer’s Perspective

William Z Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Srikanth Devanathan, Fu Zhao, John Sutherland and Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2010 IDETC/CIE, Paper no. DETC2010-28340, pp. 377-383.

Abstract: Reducing the environmental effects of products has become a significant focus of corporate strategies. As a result, easy-to-use ecodesign tools thatcan be implemented during the early design stage are essential for...

Guiding Concept Generation Based on Ontology for Customer Preference Modeling

Guiding Concept Generation Based on Ontology for Customer Preference Modeling

Dongxing Cao, Karthik Ramani, and Zhanjun Li
Published in Proceedings of the TMCE 2010, April 12–16, 2010, Ancona, Italy, Edited by I. Horváth, F. Mandorli and Z. Rusák

Abstract: Customers often show different preferences relative to the same products, such as function, shape, color, costs, etc. They will surely affect product market activities further. In this paper, a model of preference elicitation from...