Publications from the UIC Engineering Design and Decision Laboratory, and additional publications by Michael J. Scott

Journal Papers

  1. "Quantifying uncertainty in multicriteria concept selection methods", by Michael J. Scott.
    Research in Engineering Design, 17(14): 175-187. Springer, 2007.
    Official SpringerLink Version   PDF
  2. "Quantifying the consistency of rank-ordering concept selection methods", by Michael J. Scott.
    under review at Research in Engineering Design. (Please contact mjscott (at) uic.edu for draft copy).
  3. "Effective product family design using preference aggregation", by Zhihuang Dai and Michael J. Scott.
    ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 128(4): 659-667. ASME, 2006.
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  4. "Compensation and Weights for Trade-offs in Engineering Design: Beyond the weighted sum", by Michael J. Scott and Erik K. Antonsson.
    Journal of Mechanical Design, 127(6):1045-1055. ASME, 2005.
    PDF (273KB)
  5. "Product Platform Design Through Sensitivity Analysis and Cluster Analysis", by Zhihuang Dai and Michael J. Scott.
    Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Special Issue on Product Family Design and Development, 18(1): 97-114, Springer 2007.
    Official SpringerLink Version   PDF
  6. "Product Platform Design with Consideration of Uncertainty", by Zhihuang Dai and Michael J. Scott.
    SAE Transactions, accepted for publication. Also, SAE Special Publication SP-1956, paper no. 2005-01-1350. SAE, 2005.
    PDF (194KB)
  7. "Meaningful Tradeoffs in Product Family Design Positive and Negative Aspects of Commonality", by Zhihuang Dai and Michael J. Scott.
    SAE Transactions, accepted for publication. Also, SAE Special Publication SP-1956, paper no. 2005-01-1351. SAE, 2005.
    PDF (167KB)
  8. "Improving Robust Design with Preference Aggregation Methods", by Zhihuang Dai, Michael J. Scott, and Zissimos P. Mourelatos.
    SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Materials and Manufacturing , 5:551-563, 2004.
    PDF (355KB)
  9. "Propagation of Epistemic Uncertainty for Design Reuse", by Zhihuang Dai, Michael J. Scott, and Zissimos P. Mourelatos.
    SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Materials and Manufacturing , 5:536--550, 2004.
    PDF (355KB)
  10. "Rank Ordering Engineering Designs: Pairwise Comparison Charts and Borda Counts", by Clive L. Dym, William H. Wood, and Michael J. Scott.
    Research in Engineering Design, 13 (4):236-242. Springer, 2002.
    PDF (127KB)
  11. "Integrated Modeling, Finite-Element Analysis, and Design for Thin-Shell Structures using Subdivision", by F. Cirak, M. J. Scott, P. Schröder, M. Ortiz, and E. K. Antonsson .
    Computer Aided Design, 34 (2):137-148. Elsevier, 2001.
    PDF (4.5MB)
  12. "Arrow's Theorem and Engineering Design Decision Making", by M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    Research in Engineering Design, 11(4): 218-228. Springer, 1999.
    PDF (128KB)
  13. "Aggregation Functions for Engineering Design Trade-offs", by M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 99(3): 253-264. Elsevier, 1998.
    PDF (382KB)
Conference Papers
  1. Towards a Suite of Problems for Comparison of Product Platform Design Methods: A Proposed Classification, by Michael J. Scott, Juan Carlos García Arenillas, Timothy W. Simpson, Som Valliyapan, and Venkat Allada.
    ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. ASME. Paper no. DETC2006-99289.
  2. Product Platform Problems Taxonomy: Classification and Identification of Benchmarking Problems, by Venkat Allada, A.K. Choudhury, P.K. Pakala, Timothy W. Simpson, Michael J. Scott, and Som Valliyapan.
    ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. ASME. Paper no. DETC2006-99569.
  3. Determination of Ranged Set of Design Specifications by Incorporating Heterogeneous Design Capability Information., by Huibin Liu Wei Chen, Michael J. Scott, and K. Qureshi.
    ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. ASME. Paper no. DETC2006-99494.
  4. Year Two of an Interdisciplinary Product Development Course at the University of Illinois at Chicago, by S. Melamed, M. J. Scott and A. L. Page.
    Eastman National IDSA Education Conference. IDSA, October 2004.
    PDF (24KB)
  5. Effective Product Family Design Using Preference Aggregation , by Z. Dai and M. J. Scott.
    ASME DETC 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2004. Paper number DETC2004-57419.
    PDF (172KB)
  6. Product Platform Design Through Sensitivity Analysis and Cluster Analysis , by Z. Dai and M. J. Scott.
    ASME DETC 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference (DAC), Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2004. Paper number DETC2004-57464
    PDF (128KB)
  7. On Rank Reversals in the Borda Count , by I. Zivkovic and M. J. Scott.
    ASME DETC 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 2003. Paper number DETC2003/DTM-48674
    Abstract (PDF)   Paper (PDF, 345KB)
  8. Robust Design Using Preference Aggregation Methods , by Z. Dai, M. J. Scott and Z. P. Mourelatos.
    ASME DETC 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference (DAC), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 2003. Paper number DETC2003/DAC-48715
  9. Incorporating Epistemic Uncertainty in Robust Design , by Z. Dai, M. J. Scott and Z. P. Mourelatos.
    ASME DETC 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference (DAC), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 2003. Paper number DETC2003/DAC-48713
  10. From Experience: Launching an Interdisciplinary Product Development Course at the University of Illinois at Chicago, by S. Melamed, M. J. Scott and A. L. Page.
    Eastman National IDSA Education Conference. IDSA, August 2003. PDF (49KB)
  11. Quantifying Certainty in Design Decisions: Examining AHP , by M. J. Scott.
    ASME DETC 2002 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sept. 2002. Paper number DETC2002/DTM-34020
  12. The binomial cumulative distribution, or, is my system better than yours?, by Barbara Di Eugenio, Michael Glass, and Michael J. Scott.
    Third International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, May 2002
  13. Using Indifference Points in Engineering Decisions , by M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    ASME DETC 2000 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 2000. Paper number DETC2000/DTM-14559
  14. Preliminary Vehicle Structure Design: An Industrial Application of Imprecision in Engineering Design , by M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    ASME 1998 Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM '98)
  15. Managing Uncertainty in Preliminary Aeroshell Design Analysis , by M. J. Scott, R. W. Kaiser, M. Dilligan R. J. Glaser and E. K. Antonsson.
    ASME 1997 Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM '97)
  16. Formalisms for Negotiation in Engineering Design , by
    17. M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    ASME 1996 Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM '96)
  17. Aggregation Functions for Engineering Design Trade-offs, by
    18. M. J. Scott and E. K. Antonsson.
    ASME 1995 Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM '95)
Book Chapters My Ph.D. Thesis, Formalizing Negotiation in Engineering Design: If you really need the original postscript with no losses in the graphics, or if you have any troubles downloading, or if you want to discuss the ideas, contact me.

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