Tapia Lara, F, McKay, A orcid.org/0000-0002-8187-4759 and Robinson, M (2021) Simulation of feedback loops in engineering design. In: ICED21- 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design. ICED21- 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design, 24-28 Jul 2023, Bordeaux, France. Cambridge University Press , pp. 2661-2670.
Abstract
Feedback loops are a key characteristic of engineering design processes that increase complexity, time to market, and costs. However, some feedback loops, due to design iteration, have a positive impact on design outcomes (i.e., the quality of the final design), so are worth the time and costs incurred. Other loops, resulting from rework, also have a positive impact on the final design but their impact on current projects, in terms of their urgency and so interruption, is high. Thus, overall, and drawing on socio-technical systems literature, some feedback loops are virtuous circles with a positive impact whereas others are vicious circles with a negative impact. In this paper, we report early work exploring these interplays between rework and design iteration through the development of process simulation models.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
Keywords: | Simulation; Process modelling; Decision making |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Systems and Design (iESD) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2021 14:35 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/pds.2021.527 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179380 |
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