Abstract
Modularity is vital to engineer complex products and machines. We assert that modularity can emerge in the context of desirable structures constrained to life cycle factors; and propose a method to evaluate machine modularity in the context of life cycle optimization. Experiments using explorit, a new and well suited global optimization algorithm, on fve relevant and divergent machine models show that it is possible to obtain tractable modules within the context of life cycle factors.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6974319 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2599-2604 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics |
| Volume | 2014-January |
| Issue number | January |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2014 - San Diego, United States Duration: 2014 Oct 5 → 2014 Oct 8 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction