Title
Definition and support of differentiation and integration in mechanical structure using S-curve theory and wavelet transform
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Ishii T.
Miura S.
Miyashita T.
Waseda University
Publisher(s)
Design Society
Abstract
The differentiation and the integration of products are the essential procedures for product innovation. To understand the product innovation, the approaches using S-curve theory, which explain the evolution of a technological system, have been effective. However, the S-curve theory has the disadvantage that the validity of the analysis depends greatly on the number of data. In this paper, we propose a novel method for measuring and predicting the technological innovation and the product evolution based on the S-curve and wavelet transform to solve the problem. In order to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method, we will conduct a case study using patents of air purifiers. Furthermore, we will define and support the differentiation and the integration of the mechanical structure using the proposed method. Our analysis shows that the differentiation and the integration of the mechanical structure occur as a life cycle extension after the main technologies enter the declining phase. Therefore, the incidental technologies should be introduced at the beginning of the declining phase of the main technologies.
Start page
355
End page
364
Volume
6
Issue
DS87-6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de producción Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85029751830
ISSN of the container
22204334
Conference
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED
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