System Design Optimization for Product Manufacturing
Product manufacturing is currently one of the most important activities that people perform, as it directly or indirectly affects the daily life and economic well-being of countless people around the world. It is likely to continue to have a profound effe
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Masataka Yoshimura
System Design Optimization for Product Manufacturing
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Dr.-Ing. Masataka Yoshimura Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering Dept. Aeronautics & Astronautics 606-8501 Kyoto Japan [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-84996-007-6 e-ISBN 978-1-84996-008-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-008-3 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2010921598 c Springer-Verlag London Limited 2010 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book explains and discusses broad areas concerning product manufacturing technologies from the standpoint of optimization. Manufacturing products of one kind or another is one of the most important and fundamental activities that people do, and the various processes involved directly, or indirectly, affect the daily life and economic wellbeing of countless people around the world. Product manufacturing methods have undergone dramatic development and change during the past 100 years. Now, successful manufacturing requires that a host of factors be taken into account when products are designed and developed, not just to match or surpass keen competition concerning product functions, performances, qualities, and manufacturing costs, but also to meet increasingly stringent requirements concerning product safety, reduced impact upon natural environments, recycling of resources, and satisfaction of subjective factors that are important to the people who use the products. Product manufacturing under these circumstances requires skillful decision-making in scenarios that are more complex and demanding than ever before. Unsophisticated methods that rely on conventional improvements and optimization within specific narrow regions must give way to more preferable and speedy decision-making based on logically precise methods capable of considerin
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