The interdisciplinary complexity of modern construction projects has made meeting customer needs and requirements a difficult task. Under the current model, decisions affecting the early stages of design when designers have the largest impact on the final cost and functionality of a given product are approached in an informal and non-homogeneous manner. This study proposes an alternative approa...

In recent years, the influence of design patterns on software quality has attracted an increasing attention in the area of software engineering, as design patterns encapsulate valuable knowledge to resolve design problems, and more importantly to improve design quality. As the paradigm continues to increase in popularity, a systematic and objective approach to verify the design of a pattern is ...

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The design quality assurance (QA) process impacts the engineering design performance in many aspects, such as in design process cycle time, rework cost, customer satisfaction, etc. Thereby it is necessary to develop systematic methods and tools for modelling, analysing and improving design QA processes. This report addresses three aspects of QA processes: a process representation approach; a DS...

This paper presents a new methodology for the hierarchical design of embedded systems including jitter for quality-of-service (QoS). Hierarchical top-down design requires that the specifications for the systems must be translated into specifications for the components such that, when the components are implemented to meet their specifications, the system will also meet its specifications. In a ...

the aim of this research was to investigate the satisfaction and loyalty of female bodybuilders towards domestic and foreign sport garments considering garments characteristics. in other words, this research attempted to answer this question that which characteristics rise female athletes' satisfaction from sport garments with special brands and consequently their loyalty so that the obtai...

This paper proposes a new concept in force balance calibration. An overview of the state-of-the-art in force balance calibration is provided with emphasis on both the load application system and the experimental design philosophy. Limitations of current systems are detailed in the areas of data quality and productivity. A unique calibration loading system integrated with formal experimental des...

Development and maintenance of understandable and modifiable software is very challenging. Good system design and implementation requires strict discipline. The architecture of a project can sometimes be exceptionally difficult to grasp by developers. A project’s documentation gets outdated in a matter of days. These problems can be addressed using software analysis and visualization tools. Inc...

Due to shorter product lifecycles in combination with increasing product complexity, more and more enterprises are considering using the Digital Factory. One important part of the Digital Factory is the System Layout/System Design process, which includes the engineering of industrial plants – a very complex and cost-intensive domain. In this design science oriented paper, we developed a concept...

The growing complexity of today’s electronic designs requires reusing existing design components, called Intellectual Properties (IPs). Experience management approaches can be used to support design reuse, particularly the process of selecting reusable IPs. For the IP selection, quality criteria concerning the IP code and the documentation must be considered in addition to functional requiremen...