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... This report of that committee attempts not only to analyze existing tools but also to identify opportunities to establish a more rigorous fundamental basis for decision making in engineering design. The specific tasks were to as follows: · Identify the strengths and limitations `~f tools currently used in engineering design as they relate to decision making and issues of risk and ~ alues in the increasingly complex manufacturing climate described in V~s~ona?
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... ` PLS X ~ 1 3 3 2 1 Taguchi Method X ~ 4 1 4 4 2 Six Sigma X ~ 3 3 3 3 2 Creative Al Support X 2 4 2 2 2 TRIZ X 3 3 1 1 3 Axiomatic Suh's Theory X X 2 2 3 5 1 Yoshikawa Theory X 1 1 1 1 1 Math Framework X X ~ X 1 1 1 5 3 Validating Game Theory X X 1 1 1 3 2 Decision Analysis X X X 3 1 4 5 3 aRating by several members of the committee: 1= low; 5= high. Decision-making tools can be useful design aids when appropriately applied.
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... An additional recommendations ails orated by some members, would be to focus federal efforts on the development of a validated mathematical framework for decision making in engineering design. Other members felt that the tepidly changing design space and the tools to address it make this approach impractical.
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