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Collaborative multidisciplinary decision making using game theory and design capability indices

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The complexity of modern product realization processes requires collaborative work of engineering teams from different disciplines. We apply principles from game theory to model the relationships between engineering teams and facilitate collaborative decision making. In order to maintain design freedom in the early stages of product realization so that engineering teams in the later stages can adjust their decisions while still maintaining feasibility, we postulate the use of design capability indices to facilitate the teams making a ranged set of decisions, instead of specific ones. The effect of game theoretic principles and design capability indices on design freedom and therefore on the design solutions is also investigated. An electronic package design and analysis scenario is used to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method.

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  1. For games between more than two players see Marston (1997).

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We gratefully acknowledge NSF grant DMI-0085136. The cost of computer time has been underwritten by the Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech.

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  1. Angran Xiao

    Present address: Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50014, USA

  2. Sai Zeng

    Present address: IBM research staff member, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, 10532, USA

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  1. Systems Realization Laboratory, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0405, USA

    Angran Xiao, Janet K. Allen, David W. Rosen & Farrokh Mistree

  2. Engineering Information System Laboratory, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0405, USA

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Xiao, A., Zeng, S., Allen, J.K. et al. Collaborative multidisciplinary decision making using game theory and design capability indices. Res Eng Design 16, 57–72 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-005-0007-x

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