Authors: SQ Xie
Publish Date: 2005/06/29
Volume: 28, Issue: 7-8, Pages: 643-652
Abstract
A decision support system DSS is a specific class of computerized information systems that support decisionmaking activities Such a system has become paramount in supporting manufacturing activities with the development of World Wide Web WWW technology in recent years The research and development of a knowledgebased DSS dedicated to rapid oneofakind products OKPs however has to the author’s knowledge rarely been directly studied This work presents a knowledgebased DSS for supporting decisionmaking activities in developing OKPs using broad knowledge base content The underlying architecture of the proposed system is a system that manages and optimizes the data information and knowledge in the product development process A knowledge structure model is proposed in this paper and a comprehensive set of expert knowledge and analytical/numerical methods are integrated into the system to automate intelligent decisionmaking Case studies have shown that the knowledgebased DSS is able to help OKP companies develop new products more quickly by sharing optimization tools information and knowledge to reduce possible errors and rework
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