Journal Article10.1007/S00163-008-0044-3
Analyzing module commonality for platform design using dendrograms
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TL;DR: A quantitative algorithm to identify common sets of elements within a product, as well as, across products, based on a Euclidean distance that compares different modules’ inputs and outputs is developed.
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Abstract: The key to defining a good platform is to identify the common modules that will be shared among products. We develop a quantitative algorithm to identify common sets of elements within a product, as well as, across products. We show a quantitative way of measuring module commonality. We specify commonality based on a Euclidean distance that compares different modules’ inputs and outputs. We cluster modules based on their measured commonality and use dendrograms as a tool to identify groups of similar modules in a product family at the architectural phase of product design. We present the results of the application of our method on a hypothetical example and a real case study.
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