Dependency Modelling Literature

BROWNING, T.R. (2015) Design Structure Matrix Extensions and Innovations : A Survey and New Opportunities. IEEE International Engineering Management Conference. Available from IEEESurveys the DSM literature and organizes the developments pertaining to building, displaying, analyzing, and applying product, process, and organization DSMs.

MAIER, J.F., WYNN, D.C., BIEDERMANN, W., LINDEMANN, U. and CLARKSON, P.J. (2014) Simulating progressive iteration, rework and change propagation to prioritise design tasks. Research in Engineering Design, 25, 283–307. Available from SpringerA discrete-event simulation model of progressive iteration, rework and change propagation is developed to investigate priority policies in design.

EPPINGER, S.D. and BROWNING, T.R. (2012) Design structure matrix methods and applications. MIT Press. Available from MIT PressA clear and concise explanation of DSM methods for practitioners and researchers.

HAMRAZ, B., CALDWELL, N.M.H. and CLARKSON, P.J. (2013) A Multidomain Engineering Change Propagation Model to Support Uncertainty Reduction and Risk Management in Design, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 134(10). Available from ASMEProposal for a multidomain model which combines concepts of both the function-behavior-structure (FBS) model with the change prediction method (CPM).

DANILOVIC, M. and BROWNING, T.R. (2007) Managing complex product development projects with design structure matrices and domain mapping matrices. International Journal of Project Management, 25(3), 300–314. Available from ElsevierFormalises an approach to using a domain mapping matrix (DMM) to compare two DSMs of different project domains.

YASSINE, A. and BRAHA, D. (2003) Complex concurrent engineering and the design structure matrix method. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 11(3), 165-176. Available from SAGEProposes a unified modeling and solution approach, based on the design structure matrix (DSM) method, to better plan and manage CE initiatives.

BROWNING, T.R. (2001) Applying the design structure matrix to system decomposition and integration problems: a review and new directions. IEEE Transactions on Engineering management, 48(3), 292-306. Available from IEEEAn introduction to the design structure matrix (DSM) provides a simple, compact, and visual representation of a complex systems.