In this thesis, a decision model for examining prescribed risk management practices in engineering design is presented. The decision model explicitly considers the effects that design decisions under uncertainty have on the overall utility of the design process. These effects are important to...

During conceptual design, engineers deal with incomplete product descriptions calleddesign concepts. Engineers must compare these concepts in order to move towards themore desirable designs. However, comparisons are difficult because a single conceptassociates with numerous possible final design...

Problem: Engineering design decisions require the integration of information from multiple and disparate sources. However, this information is often independently created, limited to a single perspective, and not formally represented, thus making it difficult to formulate decisions. Hence, the...