Design is very often a collaborative activity, involving the co-operative work of experts from multiple disciplines. Moreover, design activities do frequently require the gathering of teams that are geographically spread. In the coincidental case of design teams being formed by experts from different disciplines geographically distributed across the globe, it is of utmost interest to conceive a...

The problem of optimal sensor locations in nonparametric identification of viscoelastic materials is considered. Different criteria of the covariance matrix, connected to Aand D-optimal experiment design, are considered and evaluated. The results of the paper can be used to design experiments with improved accuracy of the estimates. Copyright c 2005 IFAC.

This paper describes an approach to interactive design tasks based on Relational Grammars. Relational Grammars extend traditional one-dimensional string languages to higher dimensions through user-supplied domain relations. Design support takes the form of graphic inferences on partial input during design interaction with the user. Because of the nature of the rule definitions, design elements ...

in many real world assembly line systems which the work-piece is of large size more than one worker work on the same work-piece in each station. this type of assembly line is called multi-manned assembly line (mal). in the classical multi-manned assembly line balancing problem (malbp) the objective is to minimize the manpower needed to manufacture one product unit. apart from the manpower, othe...

Using an analytic network process (ANP) as an analytical tool, this study aims to construct an ANP evaluation model of interactive website design indicators. Through a review of the literature, interactive website design of e-entrepreneurship is generalized to the following dimensions: (1) Design; (2) Checking; (3) Service; (4) Interactive; and (5) Promotion, including 19 design indicators. The...

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This paper presents a systematic approach to dealing with withinpair order effects in paired comparison experiments, which have historically received substantial attention in many application areas, including psychology, transportation, marketing and medicine. It describes how optimal designs can be constructed for paired comparison experiments involving several attributes. It extends earlier w...