Analyzing complex socio-technical systems in technical product development using structural metrics

Sjoerd C.M. Knippenberg, Sebastian Schweigert-Recksiek, Lucia Becerril, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

Structural complexity metrics provide information about the structure of technical and socio-technical systems, represented as networks. However, calculating multiple metrics of a network manually requires a lot of time and effort. Thus, to increase the efficiency in structural complexity management, a tool in Soley Studio is proposed that performs analyses of complex networks automatically. This tool analyses socio-technical systems networks using a set of structural metrics and supports the visualization of the results. Here, three of the structural metrics implemented are presented in depth and applied to a case study of an electrical Formula Student racing car.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018
EditorsLucia Becerril, Carlo Leardi, Tyson R. Browning, Steven D. Eppinger
Place of PublicationGlasgow
PublisherDesign Society
Pages203-213
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-00-057492-4
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018 - Trieste, Italy
Duration: 15 Oct 201817 Oct 2018

Conference

Conference20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTrieste
Period15/10/1817/10/18

Keywords

  • Structural complexity management
  • Structural metrics
  • Graph-based analysis
  • Product development
  • Communication
  • Product Development
  • Graph-based Analyses
  • Structural Metrics
  • Structural Complexity Management

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