Decision-focussed resource modelling for design decision support

Shaofeng Liu*, Alex Duffy, Robert Ian Whitfield, Iain Boyle, Wenjuan Wang, Khaled Mohamed

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Abstract

Resource management including resource allocation, levelling, configuration and monitoring has been recognised as critical to design decision making. It has received increasing research interests in recent years. Different definitions, models and systems have been developed and published in literature. One common issue with existing research is that the resource modelling has focussed on the information view of resources. A few acknowledged the importance of resource capability to design management, but none has addressed the evaluation analysis of resource fitness to effectively support design decisions. This paper proposes a decision-focused resource model framework that addresses the combination of resource evaluation with resource information from multiple perspectives. A resource management system constructed on the resource model framework can provide functions for design engineers to efficiently search and retrieve the best fit resources (based on the evaluation results) to meet decision requirements. Thus, the system has the potential to provide improved decision making performance compared with existing resource management systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDS 58-3
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design
Pages169-180
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 24 Aug 2009
Event17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 09 - Palo Alto, CA, United States
Duration: 24 Aug 200927 Aug 2009

Publication series

NameDS 58-3: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design
Volume3

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 09
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPalo Alto, CA
Period24/08/0927/08/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Modeling and Simulation

Keywords

  • Decision-based design
  • Design decision support
  • EJB
  • Resource model framework
  • UML

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