Uncertainty – Product Development Research Lab

Incorporating changeability for value-robust product-service systems: an integrative review

8th April 2024
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Abstract The ongoing servitization journey of the manufacturing industries instills a through-life perspective of value, where a combination of products and services is delivered to meet expectations. Often described as […]

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Congratulations Raj Jiten Machchhar, Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering!

17th December 2022
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Raj Jiten Machchhar presented his licentiate thesis entitled “Towards Changeability Quantification for Product-Service Systems Design” in front of an hybrid audience of online listeners and physically present people. Raj made […]

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Designing Value-Robust Product-Service Systems by Incorporating Changeability: A Reference Framework

13th October 2022
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Abstract When a Product-Service System (PSS) has a longer lifecycle, it is subjected to several internal and external changes along its path that may deteriorate its value. A PSS capable […]

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On knowledge maturity and biased nature of staged decision making in a high consequence industry

25th May 2018
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ABSTRACT This paper explores and problematizes decision-making in a high-consequence industry which is characterized by the stage-gate process. We showcase that decision-makers do not differentiate between the types of knowledge […]

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Maturity of Models in a Multi-Model Decision Support System

22nd August 2017
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Abstract To reduce uncertainty in decisions, engineers experiment with models, such as, exploring what-if scenarios, and thus increase knowledge. Still, because modelling is an idealisation of reality, there is often […]

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BTH PDRL at the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design 2017

9th August 2017
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The BTH Product Development Research Lab is today one of the major academic players in the domain of model-driven decision support. A total of eight papers collecting current findings have been recently accepted for publication at the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17).

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