Research tools for design margins

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Research tools for analysing design margins in complex engineered systems

Three integrated modules — parametric margin valuation, top-down margin allocation, and probabilistic margin risk — built around the Margin Value Method.

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Module 2 · MARVIN

Margin Deployment Cascading

Background literature on QFD, requirements cascading, and margin allocation.

A method paper specific to this cascading-of-margins formulation is in preparation. The references below provide the established background on which the module builds.

Method paper (in preparation)

  1. Brahma, A. et al. Cascading deployment of margins for engineering design. Manuscript in preparation. This entry will be updated with the citation when published.

Quality Function Deployment

  1. Akao, Y. (1990). Quality Function Deployment: Integrating Customer Requirements into Product Design. Productivity Press.
  2. Hauser, J. R., & Clausing, D. (1988). The house of quality. Harvard Business Review, 66(3), 63–73.
  3. Chan, L.-K., & Wu, M.-L. (2002). Quality function deployment: a literature review. European Journal of Operational Research, 143(3), 463–497.

Margins and design margins

  1. Eckert, C. M., Isaksson, O., & Earl, C. F. (2019). Design margins: a hidden issue in industry. Design Science, 5, e9.
  2. Eckert, C., Isaksson, O., & Earl, C. (2020). Margins in engineering design: a review. Research in Engineering Design.
  3. See the full Scholarship page for the latest publications by A. Brahma on margins and change propagation.

How to cite this module

While the method paper is in preparation, please cite this module as:

Recommended citation Brahma, A. Margin Deployment Cascading module, MARVIN research tools. Available at marvin (this site). Method paper in preparation.