2007

Journal Papers

  1. Park, J. and Simpson, T.W. (2008) Toward an Activity-Based Costing System for Product Families and Product Platforms in the Early Stages of Development, International Journal of Production Research, 46:1 (99-130). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. Jiao, J., Simpson, T.W. and Siddique, Z. (2007) Product Family Design and Platform-based Product Development: A State-of-the-Art Review, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 18:1 (5-29). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Shooter, S. B., Evans, C. M. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Building a Better Ice Scraper - A Case in Product Platforms for the Entrepreneur, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 18:1 (159-170). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Van Wie, M., Stone, R., Thevenot, H. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Examination of Platform and Differentiating Elements in Product Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 18:1 (77-96). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Marion, T. J., Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) A Cost-based Methodology for Evaluating Product Platform Commonality Sourcing Decisions with Two Examples, International Journal of Production Research, 45:22 (5285-5308). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  6. Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) A Comprehensive Metric for Evaluating Commonality in a Product Family, Journal of Engineering Design, 18:6 (577-598). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  7. Thevenot, H. J. Simpson, T. W., Alizon, F. and Shooter, S. B., A Method to Manage the Tradeoff between Diversity and Commonality during Product Family Design, Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 15:2 (127-139). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  8. Alizon, F., Khadke, K., Thevenot*, H. J., Gershenson, J. K., Marion, T. J., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. Frameworks for Product Design and Development, Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 15:2 (187-199). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  9. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. Improving an Existing Product Family based on Commonality/Diversity, Modularity, and Cost, Design Studies, 28:4 (387-409). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  10. Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Guidelines to Minimize Variation when Estimating Product Line Commonality through Product Family Dissection, Design Studies, 28:2 (175-194). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  11. Simpson, T. W., Barron, K., Rothrock, L., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Ligetti, C. (2007) Graphical User Interfaces: for Engineering Design: Impact of Response Delay and Training on User Performance, Research in Engineering Design, 18:2 (49-65). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  12. Simpson, T. W., Frecker, M., Rothrock, L. and Barton, R. R. (2007) Graphical and Text-Based Design Interfaces for Parameter Design of an I-Beam, Desk Lamp, Aircraft Wing, and Job Shop Manufacturing System, Engineering with Computers, 23:2 (93-107). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  13. Nanda, J., Thevenot, H. J., Simpson, T. W., Stone, R. B., Bohm, M. and Shooter, S. B. (2007) Product Family Design Knowledge Representation, Aggregation, Reuse, and Analysis, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 21:2 (173-192). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  14. Simpson, T. W. and Thevenot, H. J. (2007) Using Product Dissection to Integrate Product Family Design Research into the Classroom and Improve Students' Understanding of Platform Commonality, International Journal of Engineering Education, 23:1 (120-130). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  15. Farrell, R. S., Simpson, T. W., Stump, G. and Park, J. (2007) A Prototype Web-Based Custom Product Specification System, International Journal of Mass Customization, 2:1/2 (161-178). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  16. Thevenot, H., Steva, E. D., Okudan, G. E. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) A Multi-Attribute Utility Theory-Based Approach to Product Line Consolidation and Selection, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, in press.

  17. Kumar, D., Chen, W. and Simpson, T.W. (2007) A Market-Driven Approach to Product Family Design, International Journal of Production Research, in press (download a pre-print).

Conference Papers

  1. Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) A Method for Benchmarking Product Family Design Alternatives, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, Paper No. DETC2007/DAC-34494 (download a pre-print).

  2. Marion, T. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) On the Use of a Simplified New Product Development Process in an Early Stage Firm, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Shu, L., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, DETC2007/DTM-34696 (download a pre-print).

  3. Stump, G., Lego, S., Yukish, M., Simpson, T. W. and Donndelinger, J. A. (2007) Visual Steering Commands for Trade Space Exploration: User-Guided Sampling with Example, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, DETC2007/DAC-34684 (download a pre-print).

  4. Devendorf, M., Lewis, K., Simpson, T. W., Stone, R. B. and Regli, W. C. (2007) Evaluating the Use of Cyberinfrastructure in the Classroom to Enhance Product Dissection, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Li, S., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, Paper No. DETC2007/DTM-35549.

  5. Moon, S. K., Simpson, T. W. and Kumara, S. R. T. (2007) A Process Model and Data Mining to Support Designing Families of Services, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, DETC2007/DAC-34687 (download a pre-print).

  6. Alizon, F., Moon, S. K., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Three Dimensional Design Structure Matrix with Cross-Module and Cross-Interface Analysis, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, Paper No. DETC2007/DAC-34510 (download a pre-print).

  7. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Recommending a Platform Leveraging Strategy Based on the Homogeneous or Heterogenous Nature of a Product Line, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, Paper No. DETC2007/DAC-34507 (download a pre-print).

  8. Alizon, F., Williams, C., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) Merge-Based Design: A New Method for Managing Variety and Improving Customization, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Liou, F., ed., Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, ASME, Paper No. DETC2007/DAC-34541 (download a pre-print).

  9. Simpson, T. W., Lewis, K. E., Stone, R. B. and Regli, W. (2007) Using Cyberinfrastructure to Enhance Product Dissection in the Classroom, 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 19-23.

  10. Moon, S. K., Simpson, T. W., and Kumara, S. R. T. (2007) An Agent-based Customized Recommender System for Product and Service Family Design, 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 19-23.

  11. Khajavirad, A., Michalek, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2007) A Decomposed Genetic Algorithm for Solving the Joint Product Family Optimization Problem, 3rd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Honolulu, HI, April 23-26, AIAA, AIAA-2007-1876.

2006

Journal Papers

  1. Nanda, J., Simpson, T. W., Kumara, S. R. T. and Shooter, S. B. (2006) Product Family Ontology Development Using Formal Concept Analysis and Web Ontology Language, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 6:2 (103-113). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Methodology to Manage Uncertainty During Conceptual Design, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 128:4 (959-968). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Gano, S. E., Renaud, J. E., Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Update Strategies for Kriging Models Used in Variable Fidelity Optimization, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 32:4 (287-298). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Reuse of Manufacturing Knowledge to Facilitate Platform-based Product Realization, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 6:2 (170-178). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Commonality Indices for Product Family Design: A Detailed Comparison, Journal of Engineering Design, 17:2 (99-119). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  6. Rothrock, L., Barron, K., Simpson, T. W., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Ligetti, C. (2006) Applying the Proximity Compatibility and the Control-Display Compatibility Principles to Engineering Design Interfaces, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, 16:1 (61-81). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

Conference Papers

  1. Thevenot, H. J., Nanda, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Redesigning Product Families using Heuristics and Shared Ontological Component Information, IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Waikoloa, HI, September 16-18, IEEE, pp. 330-335.

  2. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Provide Relevant Knowledge to Specify Product Design Project Needs, IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Waikoloa, HI, September 16-18, IEEE, pp. 460-465.

  3. Alizon, F., Nanda, J., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Increasing Design Search Relevancy using Statistical Methods in Conjunction with Ontologies, IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Waikoloa, HI, September 16-18, IEEE, pp. 268-273.

  4. Simpson, T. W., Marion, T. J., de Weck, O., Holtta-Otto, K., Kokkolaras, M. and Shooter, S. B. (2006) Platform-Based Design and Development: Current Trends and Needs in Industry, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99229 (download a pre-print).

  5. Steva, E. D., Rice, E. N., Marion, T. J., Simpson, T. W. and Stone, R. B. (2006) Two Methodologies for Identifying Product Platform Elements within an Existing Set of Products, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conferennce, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, DETC2006/DAC-99234 (download a pre-print).

  6. Thevenot, H., Steva, E. D., Okudan, G. E. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Multi-Attribute Utility Theory-Based Approach to Product Line Conslidation and Selection, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DTM-99506 (download a pre-print).

  7. Thevenot, H. J. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Comprehensive Metric for Evaluating Commonality in a Product Family, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, DETC2006/DAC99268 (download a pre-print).

  8. Farrell, R. S. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Method to Improve Platform Leveraging in a Market Segmentation Grid within an Existing Product Line, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, DETC2006/DAC-99469 (download a pre-print).

  9. Scott, M. J., Arenillas, J. C. G., Valliyappan, S., Simpson, T. W. and Allada, V. (2006) Towards a Suite of Problems for Comparison of Product Platform Design Methods: A Proposed Classification, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99289 (download a pre-print).

  10. Allada, V., Choudhury, A., Pakala, P. K., Simpson, T. W., Scott, M. J. and Valliyappan, S. (2006) Product Platform Problem Taxonmy: Classification and Identification of Benchmark Problems, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99569 (download a pre-print).

  11. Sahin, A., Terpenny, J., Shooter, S. B., Stone, R. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Evaluating Relative Instructional Effectiveness and Efficiencies of Design Activities for Product Platform Planning, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DTM-99517 (download a pre-print).

  12. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Assessing and Increasing Product and Family Differentiation in the Market, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99538 (download a pre-print).

  13. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Assessing Commonality and Diversity within a Product Family, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99499 (download a pre-print).

  14. Alizon, F., Shooter, S. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Improving an Existing Product Family based on Commonality/Diversity, Modularity, and Cost, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DFMLC-99536 (download a pre-print).

  15. Bohm, M. R., Stone, R. B., Simpson, T. W. and Steva, E. D. (2006) Introduction to a Data Schema: The Inner Workings of a Design Repository, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/CIE-99518 (download a pre-print).

  16. Marion, T. J., Freyer, M., Simpson, T. W. and Wysk, R. A. (2006) Design for Mass Customization in the Early Stages of Product Development, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference, Wood, W. H., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DFMLC-99641 (download a pre-print).

  17. Moon, S. K., Kumara, S. R. T. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Data Mining and Fuzzy Clustering to Support Product Family Design, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Simpson, T. W., ed., Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/DAC-99287 (download a pre-print).

  18. Moon, S. K., Kumara, S. R. T. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Multi-Agent System for Modular Platform Design in a Dynamic Electronic Market Environment, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2006/CIE-99286 (download a pre-print).

  19. Valliyappan, S. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Visualization Strategies to Support Product Family Design Optimization, 11th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Portsmouth, VA, AIAA, AIAA-2006-6949.

  20. Kumar, D., Chen, W. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Market-Driven Approach to the Design of Platform-based Product Families, 11th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Portsmouth, VA, AIAA, AIAA-2006-6919.

  21. Khire, R. A., Messac, A. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) Optimal Design of Product Families Using Selection-Integrated Optimization (SIO) Methodology, 11th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Portsmouth, VA, AIAA, AIAA-2006-6924.

  22. Sahin, A., Terpenny, J. P., Shooter, S. B., Stone, R. B. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Method to Evaluate Relative Instructional Efficiencies of Design Activities for Product Platform Planning, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, ASEE, to appear.

  23. Lukman, H., Shooter, S. B., Terpenny, J. P., Simpson, T. W., Stone, R. B. and Kumara, S. R. T. (2006) An Inter-University Collaborative Undergraduate Research/Learning Experience for Product Platform Planning: Year 2, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, ASEE, to appear.

  24. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2006) A Monte Carlo Method for Reliability-Based Design Opitmization, 2nd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Newport, RI, May 1-4, AIAA, AIAA-2006-2146 (download a pre-print).

2005

Journal Papers

  1. Huang, G. Q., Simpson, T. W. and Pine, B. J., II (2005) The Power of Product Platforms in Mass Customisation, International Journal of Mass Customization, 1:1 (1-13).

  2. Shooter, S. B., Simpson, T. W., Kumara, S. R. T., Stone, R. B. and Terpenny, J. P. (2005) Toward a Multi-Agent Information Infrastructure for Product Family Planning and Mass Customization, International Journal of Mass Customization, 1:1 (134-155).

  3. Clarke, S. M., Griebsch, J. H. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Analysis of Support Vector Regression for Approximation of Complex Engineering Analyses, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 127:6 (1077-1087). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Development of a Production Cost Estimation Framework to Support Product Family Design, International Journal of Product Research, 43:4 (731-772). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Ligetti, C. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Metamodel-Driven Design Optimization Using Integrative Graphical Design Interfaces: Results from a Job Shop Manufacturing Simulation Experiment, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 5:1 (8-17). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  6. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) On the Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models, AIAA Journal, 43:4 (853-863). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  7. Martin, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) On Using Kriging Models as Probabilistic Models in Design, SAE Transactions, 5: (129-139).

  8. McAllister, C. D., Simpson, T. W., Hacker, K., Lewis, K., Messac, A. (2005) Integrating Linear Physical Programming within Collaborative Optimization for Multiobjective Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 29:3 (178-189). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

Conference Papers

  1. Simpson, T. W. and Thevenot, H. (2005) Using Product Dissection to Integrate Product Family Design Research into the Classroom and Improve Students' Understanding of Platform Commonality, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Wood, W. H., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DTM-84639 (download a pre-print).

  2. Thevenot, H., Nanda, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) A Methodology to Support Product Family Redesign using Genetic Algorithm and Commonality Indices, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84927 (download a pre-print).

  3. Nanda, J., Simpson, T. W., Shooter, S. B. and Stone, R. B. (2005) A Unified Information Model for Product Family Design Management, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84869 (download a pre-print).

  4. Nanda, J., Thevenot, H. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Product Family Representation and Redesign: Increasing Commonality using Formal Concept Analysis, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84818 (download a pre-print).

  5. Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) An Activity-Based Costing Method for Product Family Design in the Early Stages of Development, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84817 (download a pre-print).

  6. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) A Methodology to Manage Uncertainty during System-Level Conceptual Design, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84984 (download a pre-print).

  7. Srinivasan, A., Terpenny, J. P., Simpson, T. W., Kumara, S. R. T., Shooter, S. B. and Stone, R. B. (2005) Online Case Studies and a Process Description for Product Platform Planning, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Wood, W. H., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DTM-85338 (download a pre-print).

  8. Akundi, S., Simpson, T. W. and Reed, P. M. (2005) Multi-objective Design Optimization for Product Platform and Product Family Design Using Genetic Algorithms, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-84905 (download a pre-print).

  9. Yannou, B., Moreno, F., Thevenot, H. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Faster Generation of Feasible Design Points, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Gea, H. C., ed., Long Beach, CA, September 24-28, ASME, Paper No. DETC2005/DAC-85449 (download a pre-print).

  10. Simpson, T. W., Stone, R. B., Shooter, S. B., Terpenny, J. P. and Kumara, S. R. T. (2005) An Inter-University Collaborative Undergraduate Research/Learning Experience for Product Platform Planning, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June 12-15, ASEE (download a pre-print).

  11. Srinivasan, A., Terpenny, J. P., Shooter, S. B., Stone, R., Simpson, T. W. and Kumara, S. R. T. (2005) An Online Learning Tool for Product Platform Planning, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June 12-15, ASEE (download a pre-print).

  12. Simpson, T. W., Iyer, P., Barron, K., Rothrock, L., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Meckesheimer, M. (2005) Metamodel-Driven Interfaces for Engineering Design: Impact of Delay and Problem Size on User Performance, 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference and 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Austin, TX, April 18-21, AIAA, AIAA-2005-2060 (download a pre-print).

  13. Gano, S. E., Renaud, J. E., Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Update Strategies for Kriging Models for Using in Variable Fidelity Optimization, 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference and 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Austin, TX, April 18-21, AIAA, AIAA-2005-2057 (download a pre-print).

  14. Yuksih, M. A. and Simpson, T. W. (2005) Analysis of an O(n^2) Algorithm for Identifying Pareto Points in Multi-Dimensional Data Sets, 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference and 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Austin, TX, April 18-21, AIAA, AIAA-2005-1812.

2004

Journal Papers

  1. Simpson, T. W. (2004) Product Platform Design and Customization: Status and Promise, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 18:1, 3-20 (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. Simpson, T. W., Booker, A. J., Ghosh, D., Giunta, A. A., Koch, P. N., and Yang, R.-J. (2004) Approximation Methods in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization: A Panel Discussion, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 27:5 (302-313). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Martin, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) On Using Kriging Models as Probabilistic Models in Design, SAE Transactions Journal of Materials & Manufacturing, 5 (129-139).

  4. Simpson, T. W., Medeiros, D. J., Joshi, S. B., Lehtihet, A., Wysk, R. A., Pierce, G. R., and Litzinger, T. A. (2004) IME, Inc. - A New Course for Integrating Design, Manufacturing, and Production into the Engineering Curriculum, International Journal of Engineering Education, 20:5 (764-776). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Wang, G. G. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Fuzzy Clustering Based Hierarchical Metamodeling for Global Constrained Design Optimization, Engineering Optimization, 36:3 (313-335). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  6. Simpson, T. W. and D'Souza, B. (2004) Assessing Variable Levels of Platform Commonality within a Product Family Using a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm, Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 12:2 (119-130) (download a pre-print).

  7. Srivastava, A., Hacker, K., Lewis, K. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) A Method for Using Legacy Data for Metamodel-based Design of Large-Scale Systems, Structural and Multidiscipilnary Optimization, 28:2-3 (146-155) (download a pre-print). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

Conference Papers

  1. Thevenot, H. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) A Comparison of Commonality Indices for Product Family Design, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Chen, W., ed., Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/DAC-57141 (download a pre-print).

  2. Shooter, S. B., Simpson, T. W., Kumara, S. R. T., Stone, R. B. and Terpenny, J. P. (2004) Toward an Information Management Infrastructure for Product Family Planning and Platform Customization, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Chen, W., ed., Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/DAC-57430 (download a pre-print).

  3. Mulberger, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Advancements in a Web-based Framework for Product Platform Optimization and Visualization, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Computers and Information in Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/CIE-57688 (download a pre-print).

  4. Nanda, J., Thevenot, H., Simpson, T. W., Kumara, S. R. T. and Shooter, S. B. (2004) Exploring Semantic Web Technologies for Product Family Modeling, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Computers and Information in Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/CIE-57683 (download a pre-print).

  5. Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Development of a Production Cost Estimation Framework for Product Family Design, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Chen, W., ed., Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/DAC-57175 (download a pre-print).

  6. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) On the Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Chen, W., ed., Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/DAC-57300 (download a pre-print).

  7. Barron, K., Simpson, T. W., Rothrock, L., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Ligetti, C. (2004) Graphical User Interfaces for Engineering Design: Impact of Response Delay and Training on User Performance, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2004/DTM-57085 (download a pre-print).

  8. Rothrock, L., Barron, K., Simpson, T. W., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Ligetti, C. (2004) Applying the Proximity Compatibility and the Control-Display Compatibility Principles toward Engineering Design, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 48th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 20-24, 411-415 (download a pre-print).

  9. Ligetti, C. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Metamodel Development for Graphical Design Interfaces: Results from a Manufacturing Simulation Experiment, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, NY, August 30 - September 2, AIAA, AIAA-2004-4447.

  10. McAllister, C. D., Simpson, T. W., Lewis, K. and Messac, A. (2004) Integrating Linear Physical Programming within Collaborative Optimization for Multiobjective Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, NY, August 30 - September 2, AIAA, AIAA-2004-4549.

  11. Yukish, M. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Analysis of an Algorithm for Identifying Pareto Points in Multi-Dimensional Data Sets, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, NY, August 30 - September 2, AIAA, AIAA-2004-4324.

  12. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Kriging Model, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, NY, August 30 - September 2, AIAA, AIAA-2004-4483.

  13. Stump, G., Yukish, M. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) The Advanced Trade Space Visualizer: An Engineering Decision-Making Tool, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, NY, August 30 - September 2, AIAA, AIAA-2004-4568.

  14. Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) Development of a Production Cost Estimation Framework for Product Family Design, IIE Annual Research Conference, Houston, TX, May 15-19, IIE (download a pre-print).

  15. Simpson, T. W. and Meckesheimer, M. (2004) Evaluation of a Graphical Design Interface for Design Space Visualization, 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 19-22, AIAA, AIAA-2004-1683 (download a pre-print).

  16. Martin, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2004) On Using Kriging Models as Probabilistic Models in Design, 2004 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, March 8-11, SAE, Paper No. 2004-01-0430.

  17. Stump, G., Yukish, M., Simpson, T. W., Harris, E. N. and O'Hara, J. J. (2004) Trade Space Exploration of Satellite Datasets Using a Design by Shopping Paradigm, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 6-13, IEEE, IEEE-1039-04 (download a pre-print).

2003

Journal Papers

  1. Simpson, T. W., Nanda, J., Sachin, H., Umapathy, K., and Hodge, B. (2003) "Development of a Framework for Web-based Product Platform Customization," ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 3:2 (119-129). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. McAllister, C. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) Multidisciplinary Robust Design Optimization of an Internal Combustion Engine, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 125:1 (124-130). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Simpson, T. W. (2003) Experiences with a Hands-on Activity to Contrast Craft Production and Mass Production in the Classroom, International Journal of Engineering Education, 19:2 (297-304). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Ligetti, C., Simpson, T. W., Frecker, M., Barton, R. R. and Stump, G. (2003) Assessing the Impact of Graphical Design Interfaces on Design Efficiency and Effectiveness, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 3:2 (144-154). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. D'Souza, B. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) A Genetic Algorithm Based Method for Product Family Design Optimization, Engineering Optimization, 35:1 (1-18).

  6. Farrell, R. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) "Product Platform Design to Improve Commonality in Custom Products," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 14:6 (541-556). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)
Conference Papers
  1. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) A Study on the Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48762 (download a pre-print).

  2. Clarke, S. M., Simpson, T. W. and Griebsch, J. H. (2003) Analysis of Support Vector Regression for Approximation of Complex Engineering Analyses, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48759 (download a pre-print).

  3. Yannou, B., Simpson, T. W. and Barton, R. R. (2003) Towards a Conceptual Design Explorer Using Metamodeling Approaches and Constraint Programming, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48766 (download a pre-print).

  4. Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) Production Cost Modeling for Product Family Design, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48720 (download a pre-print).

  5. Simpson, T. W. (2003) Product Platform Design and Customization: Status and Promise, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48717 (download a pre-print).

  6. Stump, G., Yukish, M., Simpson, T. W. and Harris, E. N. (2003) Design Space Visualization and Its Application to a Design by Shopping Paradigm, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48785 (download a pre-print).

  7. Farrell, R. S., Stump, G., Park, J. and Simpson, T. W. (2003) A Prototype Web-Based Custom Product Specification System, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Computers in Engineering Conference, Shimada, K., ed., Chicago, IL, September 2-6, ASME, Paper No. DETC2003/CIE-48274 (download a pre-print).

2002

Journal Papers

  1. Meckesheimer, M., Barton, R. R., Simpson, T. W. and Booker, A. (2002) "Computationally Inexpensive Metamodel Assessment Strategies," AIAA Journal, 40:10 (2053-2060). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. Nayak, R. U., Chen, W. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) "A Variation-Based Method for Product Family Design," Engineering Optimization, 34:1 (65-81). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Messac, A., Martinez, M. P. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) "Effective Product Family Design Using Physical Programming," Engineering Optimization, 34:3 (245-261). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Messac, A., Martinez, M. P. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) "A Penalty Function for Product Family Design Using Physical Programming," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 124:2 (164-172). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Cappelleri, D. J., Frecker, M. I., Simpson, T. W. and Snyder, A. (2002) "A Metamodel-Based Approach for Optimal Design of a PZT Bimorph Actuator for Minimally Invasive Surgery," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 124:2 (354-357). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

Conference Papers

  1. Caffrey, R. T., Simpson, T. W., Henderson, R. and Crawley, E. (2002) "The Technical Issues with Implementing Open Avionics Platforms for Spacecraft," 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 14-17, AIAA, AIAA-2002-0319.

  2. Caffrey, R. T., Simpson, T. W., Henderson, R. and Crawley, E. (2002) "The Strategic Issues with Implementing Open Avionics Platforms for Spacecraft," IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 9-16, IEEE, IEEE-434-02.

  3. Caffrey, R. T., Simpson, T. W., Henderson, R. and Crawley, E. (2002) The Economic Issues with Implementing Open Avionics Platforms for Spacecraft, 20th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference and Exhibit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 13-15, AIAA, AIAA-2002-1870.

  4. Simpson, T. W. and D'Souza, B. (2002) A Variable Length Genetic Algorithm for Product Platform Design, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5427.

  5. Martin, J. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) Adaptive Metamodeling for Undersea Vehicle Design Optimization, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5631.

  6. McAllister, C. D., Simpson, T. W., Hacker, K. and Lewis, K. E. (2002) Application of Multidiscplinary Design Optimization to Racecar Design and Analysis, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5608.

  7. McAllister, C. D., Simpson, T. W., Kurtz, P., Yukish, M. and Bennett, L. (2002) Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Testbed Based on Torpedo Design, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5630.

  8. Stump, G. M., Yukish, M., Simpson, T. W. and Bennett, L. (2002) Multidimensional Visualization and Its Application to a Design by Shopping Paradigm, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5622.

  9. Wang, G. G. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) Fuzzy Clustering Based Hierarchical Metamodeling for Design Optimization, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5574.

  10. Koch, P. N., Golovidov, O., Wujek, B. A. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) Facilitating Probabilistic Multidisciplinary Design Optimization through Advanced Approximation Methods, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, AIAA, AIAA-2002-5415.

  11. D'Souza, B. and Simpson, T. W. (2002) A Genetic Algorithm Based Method for Product Family Design Optimization, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference (DAC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 29 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2002/DAC-34106 (download a pre-print).

  12. Nanda, J., Iera, R., Clarke, S. M., Simpson, T. W. and Klinikowski, D. J. (2002) A Web-Based Information Management System for Bus Test Data for the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 29 - October 2, ASME, Paper No. DETC2002/CIE-34455 (download a pre-print).

  13. Yannou, B., Simpson, T. W. and Barton, R. (2002) "CSOP in Design Engineering: Capturing Performance Constraints through Metamodeling Approaches," 1st International Workshop on Global Constrained Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction (Cocos'02), Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis, France, October 2-4.

2001

Journal Papers

  1. Jin, R., Chen, W. and Simpson, T. W. (2001) "Comparative Studies of Metamodeling Techniques under Multiple Modeling Criteria," Journal of Structural Optimization, 23:1, 1-13. (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  2. Simpson, T. W., Maier, J. R. A. and Mistree, F. (2001) "Product Platform Design: Method and Application," Research in Engineering Design, 13:1 (2-22), also available in HTML format. (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  3. Simpson, T. W., Peplinski, J., Koch, P. N. and Allen, J. K. (2001) "Metamodels for Computer-Based Engineering Design: Survey and Recommendations," Engineering with Computers, 17:2 (129-150). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  4. Hernandez, G., Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K., Bascaran, E., Avila, L. F. and Salinas, F. (2001) "Robust Design of Product Families for Make-to-Order Systems," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 23:2 (183-190). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  5. Wilson, B., Cappelleri, D. J., Frecker, M. I. and Simpson, T. W. (2001) "Efficient Pareto Frontier Exploration Using Surrogate Approximations," Optimization and Engineering, 2:1 (31-50). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  6. Meckesheimer, M., Barton, R. R., Simpson, T. W., Limayem, F. and Yannou, B. (2001) "Metamodeling of Combined Discrete/Continuous Responses," AIAA Journal, 39:10 (1955-1959). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  7. Simpson, T. W., Seepersad, C. C. and Mistree, F. (2001) "Balancing Commonality and Performance within the Concurrent Design of Multiple Products in a Product Family," Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 9:3 (177-190). (PDF made possible by The Penn State University Libraries.)

  8. Simpson, T. W., Mauery, T. M., Korte, J. J. and Mistree, F. (2001) "Kriging Metamodels for Global Approximation in Simulation-Based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization," AIAA Journal, 39:12 (2233-2241).

  9. Simpson, T. W., Lin, D. K. J. and Chen, W. (2001) "Sampling Strategies for Computer Experiments: Design and Analysis," International Journal of Reliability and Applications, 2:3 (209-240) (download a pre-print). Download all of the sample data.
Conference Papers
  1. Simpson, T. W., Medeiros, D. J., Joshi, S. B., Wysk, R. A. and Lehtihet, A. (2001) "IME, Inc. - A New Course for Integrating Design, Manufacturing, and Production into the Engineering Curriculum," 2001 Annual ASEE Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, ASEE. Received Best Paper Award.

  2. Frecker, M., Simpson, T. W., Goldberg, J. H., Barton, R. R. and Holewinski, B. and Stump, G. (2001) "Integrating Design Research into the Classroom: Experiments in Two Graduate Courses," 2001 Annual ASEE Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, ASEE.

  3. Litzinger, T., Wise, J., Lee, S., Simpson, T. W. and Joshi, S. B. (2001) "Assessing Readiness for Lifelong Learning," 2001 Annual ASEE Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, ASEE.

  4. Farrell, R. and Simpson, T. W. (2001) "Improving Commonality in Custom Products Using Product Families," ASME Design Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference (Diaz, A., ed.), Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, ASME, Paper No. DETC2001/DAC-21125.

  5. McAllister, C. D. and Simpson, T. W. (2001) "Multidisciplinary Robust Design Optimization of an Internal Combustion Engine," ASME Design Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference (Diaz, A., ed.), Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, ASME, Paper No. DETC2001/DAC-21124.

  6. Meckesheimer, M., Barton, R. R., Simpson, T. W. and Booker, A. (2001) "Computationally Inexpensive Metamodel Assessment Strategies," ASME Design Technical Conferences - Design Theory and Methodology (DTM'01) Conference (Allen, J. K., ed.), Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, ASME, Paper No. DETC2001/DAC-21028.

  7. Meckesheimer, M., Barton, R. R., Simpson, T. W. (2001) "Experimental Design Issues for Simultaneous Fitting of Forward and Inverse Metamodels," Fourth St. Petersburg Workshop (Melas, V. C., Ed.), St. Petersburg, Russia, June 18-23, INFORMS.

2000

  1. Messac, A., Martinez, M. P. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Effective Product Family Design Using Physical Programming and the Product Platform Concept Exploration Method," Design Automation Conference (Renaud, J. E., ed.), Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2000/DAC-14252.

  2. Messac, A., Martinez, M. P. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Introduction of a Product Family Penalty Function Using Physical Programming," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4838.

  3. Nayak, R. U., Chen, W. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "A Variation-Based Methodology for Product Family Design," Design Automation Conference (Renaud, J. E., ed.), Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2000/DAC-14264.

  4. Kulvatunyou, B., Simpson, T. W., Halberg, E. and Hodge, B. (2000) "A Parametric Modeling Approach for Refiner Plate Design and Production," AFS Transactions, 108 (673-683) (download a pre-print).

  5. Barton, R. R., Meckesheimer, M. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Experimental Design Issues for Simultaneous Fitting of Forward and Inverse Metamodels," 2000 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference (Renaud, J. E., ed.), Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, ASME, Paper No. DETC2000/DAC-14282.

  6. Jin, R., Chen, W. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Comparative Studies of Metamodeling Techniques under Multiple Modeling Criteria," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4801.

  7. Wilson, B., Cappelleri, D. J., Frecker, M. I. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Efficient Pareto Frontier Exploration Using Surrogate Approximations," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4895.

  8. Cappelleri, D. J., Frecker, M. I. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Optimal Design of a PZT Bimorph Actuator for Minimally Invasive Surgery," 7th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, CA, March 5-9, SPIE, 3984 (321-335).

  9. McAllister, C. D., Simpson, T. W. and Yukish, M. (2000) "Goal Programming Applications in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4717.

  10. Halberg, E., Belegundu, A. D., Yukish, M. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Attribute-Based Multidisciplinary Optimization of Undersea Vehicles," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4865.

  11. Yukish, M., Bennett, L. and Simpson, T. W. (2000) "Requirements on MDO Imposed by the Undersea Weapons Conceptual Design Problem," 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8, AIAA, AIAA-2000-4816.

  12. Kulvatunyou, B., Simpson, T. W., Halberg, E. and Hodge, B. (2000) "A Parametric Modeling Approach for Refiner Plate Design and Production," American Foundrymen's Society 104th Casting Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, April 8-11, AFS.

  13. Zink, P. S., DeLaurentis, D. A., Hale, M. A., Volovoi, V. V., Schrage, D. P., Craig, J. I., Fulton, R. E., Mistree, F., Mavris, D. N., Chen, W., Rohl, P., Lewis, K., Koch, P., Cesnik, C. and Simpson, T. (2000) "New Approaches to HSCT Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization," IEEE Aerospace Conference: Gateway to 21st Century Technology, Big Sky, Montana, March 18-25, IEEE.

1999

  1. Simpson, T. W., Maier, J. R. A. and Mistree, F. (1999) "A Product Platform Concept Exploration Method for Product Family Design," Design Theory and Methodology - DTM'99, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 12-15, ASME, Paper No. DETC99/DTM-8761.

  2. Simpson, T. W. and Mistree, F. (1999) "A Concept Exploration Method for Product Family and Product Platform Design," Optimization in Industry II (Mistree, F. and Belegundu, A. D., eds.), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 6-11, ASME (371-378).

  3. Simpson, T. W., Chen, W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1999) Use of the Robust Concept Exploration Method to Facilitate the Design of a Family of Products, Simultaneous Engineering: Methodologies and Applications (Roy, U., Usher, J. M., et al., eds.), Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (247-278).

  4. Koch, P. N., Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1999) "Statistical Approximations for Multidisciplinary Optimization: The Problem of Size," Special Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Issue of Journal of Aircraft, 36:1 (275-286).

  5. Chen, W., Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1999) "Satisfying Ranged Sets of Design Requirements: A Design Metric Using Design Capability Indices," Engineering Optimization, 31:4 (615-639).

1998

  1. Simpson, T. W. (1998) "A Product Platform Concept Exploration Method for Product Family Design," Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

  2. Simpson, T. W., Rosen, D., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1998) "Metrics for Assessing Design Freedom and Information Certainty in the Early Stages of Design," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 120:4 (628-635).

  3. Simpson, T. W., Lautenschlager, U. and Mistree, F. (1998) Mass Customization in the Age of Information: The Case for Open Engineering Systems, The Information Revolution: Present and Future (Read, W. H. and Porter, A. L., eds.), Ablex Publishing, Greenwich, CT (49-71).

  4. Hernandez, G., Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K., Bascaran, E., Avila, L. F. and Salinas, F. (1998) "Robust Design of Product Families for Make-to-Order Systems," Advances in Design Automation, Atlanta, GA, September 13-16, ASME, DETC98/DAC-5595.

  5. Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1998) "Spatial Correlation Metamodels for Global Approximation in Structural Design Optimization," Advances in Design Automation, Atlanta, GA, September 13-16, ASME, Paper No. DETC98/DAC-5613.

  6. Simpson, T. W., Mauery, T. M., Korte, J. J. and Mistree, F. (1998) "Comparison of Response Surface and Kriging Models for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization," 7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis & Optimization, St. Louis, MO, September 2-4, AIAA, 1 (381-391) AIAA-98-4755.

  7. Simpson, T. W. (1998) "Comparison of Response Surface and Kriging Models in the Multidisciplinary Design of the Aerospike Nozzle," NASA/CR-1998-206935, ICASE Report No. 98-16, Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE) - NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.

1997 and earlier

  1. Simpson, T. W., Peplinski, J., Koch, P. N. and Allen, J. K. (1997) "On the Use of Statistics in Design and the Implications for Deterministic Computer Experiments," Design Theory and Methodology - DTM'97, Sacramento, CA, September 14-17, ASME, Paper No. DETC97/DTM-3881.

  2. Simpson, T. W., Chen, W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1997) "Designing Ranged Sets of Top-Level Design Specifications for a Family of Aircraft: An Application of Design Capability Indices," SAE World Aviation Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, October 13-16, AIAA-97-5513.

  3. Simpson, T. W., Chen, W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1996) "Conceptual Design of a Family of Products Through the Use of the Robust Concept Exploration Method," 6th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Bellevue, WA, September 4-6, AIAA, 2 (1535-1545) AIAA-96-4161-CP.

  4. Chen, W., Simpson, T. W., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1996) "Use of Design Capability Indices to Satisfy a Ranged Set of Design Requirements," Advances in Design Automation (Dutta, D., ed.), Irvine, CA, August 18-22, ASME, Paper No. 96-DETC/DAC-1090.

  5. Simpson, T. W., Rosen, D., Allen, J. K. and Mistree, F. (1996) "Metrics for Assessing Design Freedom and Information Certainty in the Early Stages of Design," Design Theory and Methodology - DTM'96 (Wood, K., ed.), Irvine, CA, August 18-22, ASME, Paper No. 96-DETC/DTM-1521.

  6. Simpson, T. W., Bauer, M. D., Mistree, F. and Allen, J. K. (1995) "Implementation of DFA in Conceptual and Embodiment Design Using Decision Support Problems," Advances in Design Automation (Azarm, S., Dutta, D., et al., eds.), Boston, MA, September 17-20, ASME, 82-1 (119-126).


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