Special issue: Design space exploration and optimisation in product development

International Journal of Product Development 9(1-3) 2009

• The hyper-radial visualisation method for multi-attribute decision-making under uncertainty
• Case studies in concept exploration and selection with s-Pareto frontiers
• Functional design and optimisation of parametric CAD models in a knowledge-based PLM environment
• Matrix-based decomposition algorithms for engineering applications: the survey and generic framework
• Automating morphological chart exploration: a multi-objective genetic algorithm to address compatibility and uncertainty
• Dimensioning a product in preliminary design through different exploration techniques
• Approximated unimodal region elimination-based global optimisation method for engineering design
• Multi-objective design optimisation using multiple adaptive spatially distributed surrogates
• A preference-performance hybrid method for surrogate model updating in engineering design optimisation
• Intelligent sampling-based adaptive space-mapping response surface method for sheet metal forming optimisation
• Design space exploration in embodiment design: an application to the design of aircraft air conditioners