Complexity

Theory and Applications

Nam P. Suh (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-517876-0 (ISBN)

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Nam P. Suh focussed his axiomatic design theories on methods to understand and deal with complexity. Suh is a well-respected designer and researcher in the fields of manufacturing and composite materials. He is best known for his systems that aim to speed up and simplify the process of design for manufacturing. The 'axioms' in axiomatic design refer to a process to help engineers reduce design specifications down to their simplest components, so that the engineers can produce the simplest possible solution to a problem. Complexity, besides being a key area of burgeoning research in disciplines interested in complex systems and chaos theory (like computer science and physics), is a complicating factor in engineering design that many engineers find difficult to overcome. Suh's multidisciplinary exploration of complex systems is meant to eliminate much of the confusion and allow engineers to accommodate complexity within simple, elegant design solutions.

1: Introduction
2: Introduction to Axiomatic Design Principles
3: Complexity Theory Based on Axiomatic Design
4: Reduction of Time-Independent Complexity
5: Reduction of Time-Dependent Complexity through the Use of Functional Periodicity
6: Reduction of Complexity in Manufacturing Systems
7: Reduction of Complexity by Means of Geometric Functional Periodicity
8: Reduction of Complexity in Materials through Functional Periodicity
9: Complexity of Biological Systems
10: Complexity of Socio-Political-Economic Issues

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.3.2005
Reihe/Serie	MIT-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering
Zusatzinfo	numerous line figures
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	617 g
Themenwelt	Technik
ISBN-10	0-19-517876-9 / 0195178769
ISBN-13	978-0-19-517876-0 / 9780195178760
Zustand	Neuware