Journal article
Negotiation in engineering design
Group decision and negotiation, Vol.3(1), pp.69-91
04/1994
DOI: 10.1007/BF01441956
Abstract
Concurrent design may shorten the duration of a design project, reduce cost, and improve quality of the final design. However, due to the diversified problem-solving knowledge and different goal setting between design agents, it may increase the number of conflicts and make the project more difficult to manage. In this article, a goal-directed negotiation model for resolving conflicts in a cooperative design environment is presented. The proposed model generates negotiation sets, analyzes utilities derived for each design agent, and evaluates them based on three decision rules: maximization of the joint utility, minimization of individual utility differences, and minimization of individual utility differences and maximization of joint utility. A compromise solution is reached iteratively. The approach proposed in this articles is concerned not just with satisfying design constraints, but attempts to maximize system objectives. An example of the poppet relief valve is used to demonstrate the negotiation concept.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Negotiation in engineering design
- Creators
- Andrew Kusiak - University of IowaJuite Wang - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Group decision and negotiation, Vol.3(1), pp.69-91
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF01441956
- ISSN
- 0926-2644
- eISSN
- 1572-9907
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1994
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984187065402771
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