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2016 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Designing Systems with Adaptability in Mind
verfasst von : Haifeng Zhu
Erschienen in: Complex Systems Design & Management
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Abstract
Designing a complex cyber-physical or manufactured system requires a significant amount of effort. A good design needs to be adaptable to requirement changes, however should also avoid unbounded margins that can be costly. Achieving this fine balance is difficult. This paper presents a design process that takes adaptability into consideration. By exploring the missions a system can support within a specified limit of additional engineering costs, we are able to characterize this system’s adaptability. Such a characterization inherits the original meaning of adaptability in ecosystems that describes a system’s ability of maintaining the original goals even when facing ongoing changes, and allows it be computable in industry. A new design process for a product family is then established to identify designs that support the most missions while controlling costs. An HVAC example is used to illustrate such a design process that helps maximize mission performance and reduce costs.