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Dr Peter Matthews' Outputs (86)

Bayesian Project Monitoring (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P., & Philip, A. (2011, December). Bayesian Project Monitoring. Presented at Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11), Copenhagen

Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence (2011)
Journal Article
Matthews, P. (2011). Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence. Research in Engineering Design, 22(1), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-010-0094-1

A novel Bayesian design support tool is empirically investigated for its potential to support the early design stages. The design support tool provides dynamic guidance with the use of morphological design matrices during the conceptual or preliminar... Read More about Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence.

A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices (2010)
Journal Article
Matthews, P. C., & Lomas, C. D. (2010). A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices. Journal of Engineering Design, 21(4), 413-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544820802310909

Modern design projects are typically undertaken concurrently in a virtual enterprise network of expert design and manufacture agents. The general need for agile response in turbulent environments is well documented and has been analysed at the manufa... Read More about A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices.

Comparing Stochastic Design Decision Belief Models: Pointwise versus Interval Probabilities (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P. (2010, July). Comparing Stochastic Design Decision Belief Models: Pointwise versus Interval Probabilities. Presented at 4th International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition DCC'10, Stuttgart, Germany

Decision support systems can either directly support a product designer or support an agent operating within a multi-agent system (MAS). Stochastic based decision support systems require an underlying belief model that encodes domain knowledge. The u... Read More about Comparing Stochastic Design Decision Belief Models: Pointwise versus Interval Probabilities.

Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies (2010)
Journal Article
Cheung, W., Maropoulos, P., & Matthews, P. (2010). Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 37(3/4), 182-197. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges such as reducing time-to-market and cutting costs. In order to meet these increasing demands, effective methods are need to support the early product development stages by bridging the gap of communica... Read More about Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies.

Design of Sustainable Product Lifecycles (2009)
Book
Aldinger, L., Alzaga, A., Baguley, P., Bittner, T., Boër, C., Donna, B., Bramley, A., Brissaud, D., Bünting, F., Bufardi, A., Chryssolouris, G., Colledani, M., Dinkelmann, M., Dori, D., Draghici, G., Draghici, A., Du Preez, N. D., Enparantza, R., Fischer, A., Giess, M., …Xirouchakis, P. (2009). Design of Sustainable Product Lifecycles. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79083-9

Generating sustainable product life cycles explains the importance of a holistic long-term planning and management approach to reaching a maximum product benefit over the entire life cycle. The paradigm of thinking in product life cycles supports man... Read More about Design of Sustainable Product Lifecycles.

Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks (2008)
Journal Article
Cheung, W., Matthews, P., Gao, J., & Maropoulos, P. (2008). Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks. International Journal of Production Research, 46(12), 3185-3206. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540601039767

This paper presents novel collaboration methods implemented using a centralised client/server product development integration architecture, and a decentralised peer-to-peer network for smaller and larger companies using open source solutions. The pro... Read More about Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks.

A Bayesian support tool for morphological design (2008)
Journal Article
Matthews, P. (2008). A Bayesian support tool for morphological design. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 22(2), 236-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2007.05.001

Dynamic computer based support tools for the conceptual design phase have provided a long-standing challenge to develop. This is largely due to the 'fluid' nature of the conceptual design phase. Design evaluation methods, which form the basis of most... Read More about A Bayesian support tool for morphological design.

Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling (2008)
Journal Article
Armoutis, N., Maropoulos, P., Matthews, P., & Lomas, C. (2008). Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 21(2), 166-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/09511920701607683

Concurrent engineering has been seen as the main means to respond to the increased complexity of engineering systems in sectors such as automotive, aerospace and defence. However, concurrent methods fail to respond to unpredicted events such as late... Read More about Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling.

Pre-emptive Concurrent Design Planning and Scheduling (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P., & Coates, G. (2007, August). Pre-emptive Concurrent Design Planning and Scheduling. Presented at 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, Paris, France

Stochastic based Pre-emptive Planning and Scheduling (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P., & Coates, G. (2007, July). Stochastic based Pre-emptive Planning and Scheduling. Presented at 10th International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, Durham, UK

Meta-Design for Agile Concurrent Product Design in the Virtual Enterprise (2007)
Journal Article
Lomas, C., & Matthews, P. (2007). Meta-Design for Agile Concurrent Product Design in the Virtual Enterprise. International journal of agile manufacturing, 10(2), 77-87

The area of collaborative design is well-researched and many factors, including IT and other tools and techniques, which contribute to more effective collaboration, have been demonstrated. However, the implementation of these techniques in order to a... Read More about Meta-Design for Agile Concurrent Product Design in the Virtual Enterprise.

Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the Virtual Enterprise (2007)
Book Chapter
Lomas, C., Maropoulos, P., & Matthews, P. (2007). Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the Virtual Enterprise. In P. Cunha, & P. Maropoulos (Eds.), Digital enterprise technology : perspectives and future challenges (177-184). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49864-5_20

Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) is defined as a synthesis of digital and physical systems across the product lifecycle which can be exploited for two main benefits: risk mitigation through consistent and seamless data standards; and reduction in... Read More about Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the Virtual Enterprise.

Agile resource allocation through pre-emptive planning . (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P., Coates, G., & Lomas, C. (2006, December). Agile resource allocation through pre-emptive planning. Presented at 9th International Conference on Agile Manufacture, Norfolk, VA (USA)

This paper introduces a significant revision to the Concurrent Engineering (CE) methodology that enables agility. Under the CE methodology, sequential tasks can only be performed as such. We introduce a method for starting sequential tasks concurrent... Read More about Agile resource allocation through pre-emptive planning ..

Foundations of an Agile Design Methodology (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, P., Lomas, C., Armoutis, N., & Maropoulos, P. (2006). Foundations of an Agile Design Methodology. International journal of agile manufacturing, 9(1), 29-38

Modern design projects typically are undertaken concurrently in a virtual enterprise network of expert design and manufacturing agents. The general need for agile response in turbulent environments is well documented and has been analysed at the manu... Read More about Foundations of an Agile Design Methodology.

Implementing the Information Pump using Accessible Technology (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, P., & Chesters, P. (2006). Implementing the Information Pump using Accessible Technology. Journal of Engineering Design, 17(6), 563-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544820600646629

The Information Pump (IP) is a method for extracting high quality subjective product information from a small group of subjects. The method is based around a game environment where the subjects are awarded points for the information they supply. This... Read More about Implementing the Information Pump using Accessible Technology.

Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the virtual enterprise (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lomas, C., Wilkinson, J., Matthews, P., & Maropoulos, P. (2006, September). Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the virtual enterprise. Presented at 3rd International CIRP Sponsored Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology., Setubal, Portugal

Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) is defined as a synthesis of digital and physical systems across the product lifecycle which can be exploited for two main benefits: risk mitigation through consistent and seamless data standards; and reduction in... Read More about Implementing Digital Enterprise Technologies for Agile Design in the virtual enterprise.

Measuring design process agility for the single company product development process (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
process. Presented at 9th International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, Norfolk, VA (USA)

This paper seeks to explore the way in which agility across the product development process may be measured using a previously defined measure of agility: Key Agility Index. It is a fact that very few companies keep accurate records of project timing... Read More about Measuring design process agility for the single company product development process.