Comparison and ranking of solutions are central tasks of the design process. Designers have to deal with decisions simultaneously involving multiple criteria. Those criteria are often inconsistent in the sense that they are expressed according to different types of metrics. This means that usual engineering performance indicators are expressed according to physical quantities (i.e. SI system) and indicators such as preference functions can be “measured” by using other type of qualitative metrics. This aspect limits the scientific consistency of design because a coherent scientific framework will at first require the creation of a unified list of fundamental properties. A combined analysis of the measurement theory, the General Design Theory (GDT) and the dimensional analysis theory give an interesting insight in order to create guidelines for establishing a coherent measurement system. This article establishes a list of fundamental requirements. We expect that these guidelines can help engineers and designers to be more aware of the drawbacks linked with the use of wrong comparison procedures and limitations associated with the use of weak measurement scales. This article makes an analysis of the fundamental aspects available in major scientific publications related to comparison, provides a synthesis of these basic concepts and unifies those concepts together from a designing perspective. A practical design methodology using the fundamental results of this article as prerequisites has been implemented by the authors.
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ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
September 4–7, 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4804-3
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Measurement Theory and Dimensional Analysis: Methodological Impact on the Comparison and Evaluation Process
Eric Coatane´a
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Eric Coatane´a
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
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Bernard Yannou
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Bernard Yannou
Ecole Centrale Paris, Chaˆtenay-Malabry, France
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Sauli Honkala
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Sauli Honkala
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
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Tanja Saarelainen
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Tanja Saarelainen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
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Petri Makkonen
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Petri Makkonen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
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Antti Lajunen
Antti Lajunen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland; LGI Laboratory, France
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Eric Coatane´a
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
Bernard Yannou
Ecole Centrale Paris, Chaˆtenay-Malabry, France
Sauli Honkala
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
Tanja Saarelainen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
Petri Makkonen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
Antti Lajunen
Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland; LGI Laboratory, France
Paper No:
DETC2007-34364, pp. 173-182; 10 pages
Published Online:
May 20, 2009
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Coatane´a, E, Yannou, B, Honkala, S, Saarelainen, T, Makkonen, P, & Lajunen, A. "Measurement Theory and Dimensional Analysis: Methodological Impact on the Comparison and Evaluation Process." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 3: 19th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology; 1st International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems; and 9th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Tire Technologies, Parts A and B. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. September 4–7, 2007. pp. 173-182. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2007-34364
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