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Preference Set-Based Design Method for Sustainable Product Creation

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The multi-objective satisfactory design including not only physical performances but also sustainable aspects from a global environmental protection perspective is necessary. When it comes to a sustainable life cycle, decision-making at the early phases of design including multiple sources of uncertainties is important. The previous series of our studies had proposed a preference set-based design (PSD) method that enables the flexible and robust design under various sources of uncertainties while capturing designer’s preference. In this paper, different officially-accepted sustainability indicators are investigated and it is identified which indicators are related to the product development process. Thereafter, the proposed method is applied to a multi-objective design problem including technical performances and sustainable issues. This paper discusses the applicability of the PSD approach for sustainable development using the example of an alternator design.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC Tokyo), 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Masato Inoue & Haruo Ishikawa

  2. Department of Industrial Information Technology, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Berlin, Germany

    Kai Lindow & Rainer Stark

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    Jerzy Pokojski

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    Józef Salwiński

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Inoue, M., Lindow, K., Stark, R., Ishikawa, H. (2010). Preference Set-Based Design Method for Sustainable Product Creation. In: Pokojski, J., Fukuda, S., Salwiński, J. (eds) New World Situation: New Directions in Concurrent Engineering. Advanced Concurrent Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-024-3_42

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