A qualitative evaluation of mechatronic concepts

Diadie Sow (1) , Pierre Couturier (1) , Abdelhak Imoussaten (1) , Jacky Montmain (1)

1 LGI2P - Laboratoire de Génie Informatique et Ingénierie de Production

How to make, early in the development cycle of a mechatronic product, the most promising design choices as regards the customers' requirements and being at the limit of what is technically feasible? To contribute to solve such a difficult problematic we propose an original qualitative evaluation method based on qualitative possibility theory. The method takes into account the uncertainty weighing on the designers' knowledge at this design stage. The method may help the decision makers to select the most satisfying design alternatives considering not only the preference of the stakeholders but also the feasibility of the alternatives.

Mots clés: mechatronic design; evaluation; conceptual design; multi criteria decision support; qualitative possibility

Domaines: Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]; Recherche opérationnelle [math.OC]

Diadie Sow, Pierre Couturier, Abdelhak Imoussaten, Jacky Montmain. A qualitative evaluation of mechatronic concepts. 2016 11th France-Japan & 9th Europe-Asia Congress on Mechatronics (MECATRONICS) /17th Internationall Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM), Jun 2016, Compiègne, France. ⟨10.1109/MECATRONICS.2016.7547139⟩. ⟨hal-01926547⟩