Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence help operations management achieve
sustainability. However, in sustainable operations management studies, scholars pay less …

Product design engineering is undergoing a transformation from informal and largely
experience-based discipline to a science-based domain. Computational intelligence (CI) …

Recent market transition from mass production to mass customization forces manufacturers
to develop product families with a common platform to increase design variety, shorten time …

This paper describes a preliminary attempt at using the Semantic Web paradigm, particularly
the Web Ontology Language (OWL), for domain-specific engineering design knowledge …

System reliability is treated as a parameter and not modeled in the early concept design
stages. We illustrate a reliability model for system reliability in early concept design using …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and develop an ontology-based approach
for automatic generation of assembly sequences. Design/methodology/approach In this …

In response to the changing market trend of having large varieties within a small production,
green design and modular design have assumed significant roles in the product …

With the development of Internet technologies, consumers can become involved in the
process of product design to share requirements and technical knowledge, which are …

The functional synthesis of mechanisms is involved in the problem solving process to finding
functional chains of mechanisms in conceptual design, which has an essential effect on the …

The systematic representation of design concepts is an important requirement for
computational support during the conceptual design stage within the process of product …