Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : September 25, 2019 - September 27, 2019
Today, where mechanization for mass production is advancing and the scale and complexity of products are increasing, design domains are expanding and subdividing. Along with this subdivision, each design domain has propopsed design methods individually, causing misunderstanding of the other. Under such circumstance, it is considered essential to construct a cross-cutting foundation for diverse design domains, which would lead to the development of design science. In this research, we analyzed the features of the design methods used in various design domains from the consolidated viewpoint and constructed guidelines for selecting the design methods according to the purpose and process of design. First, we extracted 111 design methods from numbers of articles related to design. The design methods are then classified into 12 clusters by employing correspondence analysis and cluster analysis, according to the features which each method share in common. At last, the 12 clusters are categorized according to their usage purposes. While there is room for examination on the validity of the analysis criteria set in this research, the derived clusters are considered to be guidelines for the proper use of the design methods.
