A Fuzzy Inventive Problem-Solving Approach for Product Design Computer-Aided System Using Multi-Agent and Fuzzy TRIZ

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chen, Rui-Yang^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Business Administration, Aletheia University, Taiwan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. a168.jacky@msa.hinet.net

Abstract: The corporate should consider both product innovation and environmental impact for customer’s needs. Consequently, the problem-solving-based product design becomes an important issue which can both solve the customer’s problem and environmental problem through inventive process. One of major goals of the present paper is to support problem-solving design process for invention by using TRIZ contradiction matrix associated with the consideration of problem-efficiency such as customer-efficiency, eco-efficiency and fuzzy theory. Another goal is to automate the problem-solving design process for invention using agent-oriented method in order to further speed up the invention process. In this paper, we present a novel fuzzy problem-solving computer-aided system for invention based on multi-agent and fuzzy TRIZ. A case study is demonstrated, using an example of an actual notebook computer. The experiment is evaluated in comparison with other methods using Factor X indicator. The contribution of the computer-aided system is demonstrated through prioritized comparison matrix in a problem formulation for fuzzy handling. This experiment indicates that the proposed method represents the evaluation of the product design well among customer needs, environmental impact and product innovation.

Keywords: Creativity design, intuitionistic fuzzy, agent-oriented, problem-solving, TRIZ

DOI: 10.3233/jid-2015-0003

Journal: Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 47-69, 2015