Set-based concurrent engineering (SBCE), a process that develops sets of many design candidates for each subproblem throughout a design project, proposes several benefits compared to point-based processes, where only one design candidate for each subproblem is chosen for further development. These benefits include reduced rework, improved design quality, and retention of knowledge to use in future projects. Previous studies that introduce SBCE in practice achieved success and had very positive future outlooks, but SBCE encounters opposition because its core procedures appear wasteful as designers must divide their time among many designs throughout the process, most of which are ultimately not used. The impacts of these procedures can be explored in detail through open-source computational tools, but currently few exist to do this. This work introduces the Point/Set-Organized Research Teams (PSORT) modeling platform to simulate and analyze a set-based design process. The approach is used to verify statements made about SBCE and investigate its effects on project quality. Such an SBCE platform enables process exploration without needing to commit many projects and resources to any given design.

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通过多代理系统仿真探索基于集合的并行工程的影响

基于集合的并行工程 (SBCE) 是一种在整个设计项目中为每个子问题开发许多设计候选集合的过程，与基于点的过程相比，它提出了几个好处，在基于点的过程中，每个子问题只选择一个设计候选进行进一步开发。这些好处包括减少返工、提高设计质量以及保留知识以用于未来的项目。以往在实践中引入 SBCE 的研究取得了成功，并具有非常积极的未来前景，但 SBCE 遇到了反对，因为它的核心程序显得浪费，因为设计师必须在整个过程中将时间分配给许多设计，其中大部分最终没有被使用。可以通过开源计算工具详细探索这些程序的影响，但目前很少有人这样做。这项工作介绍了点/集组织研究团队 (PSORT) 建模平台来模拟和分析基于集的设计过程。该方法用于验证关于 SBCE 的陈述并调查其对项目质量的影响。这样的 SBCE 平台支持流程探索，而无需为任何给定设计投入许多项目和资源。