Research tools for design margins

MARVIN

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.

Module 1 · MARVIN

Margin Value Analysis

The team and institutions behind the MVM module.

Method

The Margin Value Method was developed by Arindam Brahma and David C. Wynn during Brahma's doctoral research at the University of Auckland and published in Research in Engineering Design in 2021.

People

Current development of the MVM module within MARVIN is led from the Division of Product Development at Chalmers University of Technology.

AB

Arindam Brahma, Ph.D.

Method developer · Lead

Staff Scientist, Division of Product Development
Chalmers University of Technology

DW

David C. Wynn

Method co-developer

Method as published in Research in Engineering Design, 2021.

Institutions

Funding & acknowledgement

This module is part of ongoing research on engineering design margins and change propagation. Specific funding for individual case studies is acknowledged in the corresponding publications listed under Literature.

Contact

Questions, feedback, or collaboration enquiries are welcome via the contact page on arindambrahma.com.