The Design Process Reform of the Gama-ray Imaging System by using the Design Structure Matrix

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This study investigates improving the process of design and interaction analysis of Gama-ray imaging systems. Gama-ray imaging systems have many applications in medical sciences, military and security organizations and for each application area, different parameters have gained attention in the product design process. The complexity of the product design process and variety of design parameters confirm the need for development of a comprehensive map for product design which demonstrates subsystem interactions and the way that each parameters effects other parameters. Hence the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is used to display and analyze the interaction of design influencing parameters. DSM offers network modeling tools that represent the elements of a system and their interactions, thereby highlighting the system's designed structure. Its advantages include compact format, visual nature, intuitive representation, powerful          analytical capacity, and flexibility. In this research we have proposed a DSM which consists of 49          parameters for the mentioned product and then this matrix has been analyzed and clustered by using the related software. As a result, the parameters have been divided into five design cycles after prioritization. The system designer can identify the parameters' effect and trace the systematic design process by using this matrix.
 

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Electronic and Cyber Defense
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 23
November 2018
Pages 95-106

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  • Receive Date: 10 January 2018
  • Revise Date: 09 May 2018
  • Accept Date: 27 May 2018
  • Publish Date: 22 November 2018

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