NDLI: Toward a Generative Human-in-the-Loop Approach for Conceptual Design Exploration Using Flow Failure Frequency in Functional Models

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Ryan, M. Arlitt Douglas, L. Van Bossuyt
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	A challenge systems engineers and designers face when applying system failure risk assessment methods such as Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) during conceptual design is their reliance on historical data and behavioral models. This paper presents a framework for exploring a space of functional models using graph rewriting rules and a qualitative failure simulation framework that presents information in an intuitive manner for human-in-the-loop decision-making and human-guided design. An example is presented wherein a functional model of an electrical power system is iteratively perturbed to generate alternatives. The alternative functional models suggest different approaches to mitigating an emergent system failure vulnerability in the electrical power system’s the heat extraction capability. A preferred functional model configuration that has a desirable failure flow distribution can then be identified. The method presented here helps systems designers to better understand where failures propagate through systems and guides modification of systems functional models to adjust the way in which systems fail to have more desirable characteristics.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division Computers and Information in Engineering Division
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791851722
DOI	10.1115/DETC2018-85490
Volume Number	Volume 1A: 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2018-08-26
Publisher Place	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	System failures Design Heat Simulation Decision making Risk assessment Probabilistic risk assessment Systems engineers Conceptual design Flow (dynamics) Failure Electricity (physics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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