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Dr Peter Matthews' Outputs (9)

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.

A Methodology for Negotiating Change Propagation in Agile Design. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P., Lomas, C., & Maropoulos, P. (2006, August). A Methodology for Negotiating Change Propagation in Agile Design. Presented at 9th International Conference on Agile Manufacture, Norfolk, VA (USA)

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 Negotiating Change Propagation in Agile Design..

Bayesian Networks for Design (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, P. (2006, July). Bayesian Networks for Design. Presented at Design Computing and Cognition'06, Eindhoven

Learning inexpensive parametric design models using an augmented genetic programming technique (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, P., Standingford, D., Holden, C., & Wallace, K. (2006). Learning inexpensive parametric design models using an augmented genetic programming technique. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 20(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/s089006040606001x

Previous applications of Genetic Programming (GP) have been restricted to searching for algebraic approximations mapping the design parameters (e.g. geometrical parameters) to a single design objective (e.g. weight). In addition, these algebraic expr... Read More about Learning inexpensive parametric design models using an augmented genetic programming technique.