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Set-Based Thinking in the Engineering Design Community and Beyond

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Ghosh, Sourobh; Seering, Warren Paul
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Abstract
Since a series of academic case studies had revealed Toyota’s unique product development practices to the world, a flurry of research has been conducted into set-based design, also known as set-based concurrent engineering. In this paper, we review work related to set-based design across academic communities in efforts to find common themes and influences. After a review of this literature, we inductively arrive at two Principles of Set-Based Thinking: considering sets of distinct alternatives concurrently and delaying convergent decision making. These Principles allow us to articulate a working description of set-based design. We then examine these two Principles at work in a case example of a common theoretical construct in design. Topics: Engineering design, Design, Decision making, Product development, Concurrent engineering
Date issued
2014-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120048
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Journal
Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Publisher
ASME International
Citation
Ghosh, Sourobh, and Warren Seering. “Set-Based Thinking in the Engineering Design Community and Beyond.” Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 17-20 August, 2014, Buffalo, New York, USA, ASME, 2014. © 2014 by ASME
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978-0-7918-4640-7

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