Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design
Journal article, 2023

Interest in change propagation analysis for engineering design has increased rapidly since the topic gained prominence in the late 1990s. Although there are now many approaches and models, there is a smaller number of underlying key concepts. This article contributes a literature review and organising framework that summarises and relates these key concepts. Approaches that have been taken to address each key concept are collected and discussed. A visual analysis of the literature is presented to uncover some trends and gaps. The article thereby provides a thematic analysis of state-of-the-art in design change propagation analysis, and highlights opportunities for further work.

Design change

Literature visualisation

Key concepts

Literature review

Change propagation analysis

Author

Arindam Brahma

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

David C. Wynn

University of Auckland

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

0934-9839 (ISSN) 1435-6066 (eISSN)

Vol. 34 1 117-151

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Other Mechanical Engineering

Areas of Advance

Production

DOI

10.1007/s00163-022-00395-y

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Latest update

2/22/2023