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Integration Schemes and Decomposition Modes in Complex Problem Solving

dc.contributor.author Efatmaneshnik, Mahmoud en_US
dc.contributor.author Reidsema, Carl en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T12:50:34Z
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dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.description.abstract Integrated product development requires that decomposition and integration schemes be congruent and in harmony with each other. This harmony marks a complex and large scale product development project with success. In domain of problem solving one needs to resort to a priori knowledge about problem structure indicating the problem’s underlying couplings/complexity. Here, we refer to the problem structure as the self map of the system. Usually for large scale problems the self needs to be decomposed for tractability purposes. The structure of the problem after decomposition is the real structure to be dealt with. In this paper we measure the complexity of systems before and after decomposition. We refer to complexity of the system/problem before decomposition as self complexity and that of system after decomposition as real complexity. It is shown that real complexity cannot be less than self complexity regardless of the decomposition type, and therefore decomposition does not reduce the overall complexity of problem. Also it is shown that by using real complexity measure of decomposed system, weak and strong emergence can be detected in the system. This would have important implications in problem classification and choosing the right design process that is in congruence with complexity of the problem. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38291
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Complexity Measure en_US
dc.subject.other Systems Engineering en_US
dc.subject.other Complex Systems en_US
dc.title Integration Schemes and Decomposition Modes in Complex Problem Solving en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en
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dspace.entity.type Publication en_US
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unsw.description.notePublic Original inactive link: http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/sete2008/ en_US
unsw.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/390
unsw.relation.faculty Engineering
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation Canberra, Australia en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName System Engineering, Test and Evaluation (SETE2008) en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Efatmaneshnik, Mahmoud, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Reidsema, Carl, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering *
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