A study of convergence in decentralized design processes

摘要: The decomposition and coordination of decisions in the design complex engineering systems is a great challenge. Companies who these routinely allocate responsibility various subsystems components to different people, teams or even suppliers. mechanisms behind this network decentralized create difficult management issues. However, developing efficient processes paramount, especially with market pressures customer expectations. Standard techniques modeling solving problems typically fail understand underlying dynamics therefore result suboptimal solutions. This paper aims model set within process. By using concepts from fields mathematics economics, including Game Theory Cobweb model, we simple problem provide new approach uses matrix series linear algebra as tools determine conditions for convergence such problems. goal establish first steps towards understanding decision processes. includes two major steps: studying characteristics finding final equilibrium solution problem. Illustrations developments are provided form behavior.