Nowadays, manufacturing companies are challenged by dynamic market environments
caused by increasing globalization, digitization and climate change. Therefore, the ability to …

In the face of the rapid growth in the scale and complexity of multidisciplinary systems, being
able to develop reliable systems under ever-faster changing and more individual market …

This paper presents an approach for a model-based planning process for the early phases
of manufacturing system planning (MSP). The goals are a better integration of MSP with …

Integral products are characterized by multiple functional use of components, resulting in
more compact and lighter products. However, those benefits come along with a significant …

By talking about complex systems, systems engineering is always named as the only way
out for the enhancement of system understanding and the reduction of system complexity in …

This paper introduces an Enhanced Sequence Diagram (ESD) as the basis for a structured
framework for the functional analysis of complex multidisciplinary systems. The ESD extends …

While today's products are increasingly developing into high-tech products in the meaning of
Industrie 4.0, Internet of Things or Industrial Internet, the processes, methods and concepts …

Engineering design in general and system design of embedded software have a direct
impact on the final engineering product and the software implementation, respectively …

Contemporary technological products are systems based on multiple engineering
disciplines. Requirements, risen due to global competition and legislation, lead to …

The concept of involving user perspectives into product development processes has its roots
in the early 1960s. Although this seems to be following a quite long tradition, as a design …