Table of Contents

• Knowledge based support for the designer at the interface of CAD/CAE
  Andrae, Rene; Köhler, Peter

• Towards robust inter-organizational synergy: Perceived quality knowledge transfer in the automotive industry
  Stenholm, Daniel; Stylidis, Konstantinos; Bergsjö, Dag; Söderberg, Rikard

• Concept for a simulation model to analyze knowledge conversions within the product development process
  Laukemann, Alexander; Binz, Hansgeorg; Roth, Daniel

• Automatic design structure matrices: A comparison of two formula student projects
  Gopsill, James; Snider, Chris; Emanuel, Lia; Joel-Edgar, Sian; Hicks, Ben

• Improving engineering information retrieval by combining TD-IDF and product structure classification
  Jones, David; Matthews, Jason; Xie, Yifan; Gopsill, James; Dotter, Martin; Chanchevrier, Nicolas; Hicks, Ben

• Development of a knowledge-based system for help in decision making: A medical application
  Coton, Justine; Thomann, Guillaume; Villeneuve, François

• Design space visualization for efficiency in knowledge discovery leading to an informed decision
  Abi Akle, Audrey; Yannou, Bernard; Minel, Stéphanie

• A clustering and word similarity based approach for identifying product feature words
  Suryadi, Dedy; Kim, Harrison

• Framework of mechanical design knowledge representations for avoiding patent infringement
  Jiang, Pingfei; Atherton, Mark; Harrison, David; Malizia, Alessio

• Technical inheritance: Information basis for the identification and development of product generations
  Mozgova, Iryna; Barton, Sebastian; Demminger, Christian; Miebach, Timo; Taptimthong, Piriya; Lachmayer, Roland; Nyhuis, Peter; Reimche, Wilfried; Wurz, Marc Christopher

• Product description in terms of advantages and drawbacks: Exploiting patent information in novel ways
  Chiarello, Filippo; Fantoni, Gualtiero; Bonaccorsi, Andrea

• The knowledge benchmarking process framework: A new basis to analyze megaprojects challenges and practices
  Mbassegue, Patrick; Gardoni, Mickaël; Tahboub, Zain

• Supporting development teams in the early stages of product development through DfX-based knowledge management system and communication platform
  Ugurlu, Sinan; Gerhard, Detlef

• Knowledge-based engineering applications for supporting the design of precast concrete facade panels
  Montali, Jacopo; Overend, Mauro; Pelken, P. Michael; Sauchelli, Michele

• From elicitation to structuring of additive manufacturing knowledge
  Grandvallet, Christelle; Pourroy, Franck; Prudhomme, Guy; Vignat, Frédéric

• k-MORE - A methodology to manage documented knowledge for reuse
  Carro Saavedra, Cristina; Lindemann, Udo

• The difficulties reported by engineers in searching information
  Zhang, Shuai; Johnson, Aylmer

• Gathering and analysing external influences on the product design - a case study
  Kammerl, Daniel; Echle, Stefan; Mörtl, Markus

• Mediating constraints across design and manufacturing using platform-based manufacturing operations
  Landahl, Jonas; Madrid, Julia; Levandowski, Christoffer; Johannesson, Hans; Söderberg, Rikard; Isaksson, Ola

• A new knowledge management tool for product development in micro-companies
  Huret, Martin; Jean, Camille; Segonds, Frédéric

• Functional surfaces as initial product design concept in 3D-CAD-Systems
  Katzwinkel, Tim; Jacobs, Georg; Löwer, Manuel; Schmid, Alexander; Schmidt, Walter; Siebrecht, Justus

• A new "knowledge-based engineering" guideline
  Luft, Thomas; Roth, Daniel; Binz, Hansgeorg; Wartzack, Sandro

• Structuring information in technical inheritance with PDM systems
  Scheidel, Wieben; Mozgova, Iryna; Lachmayer, Roland

• Modularization: Exploring opportunities for knowledge transfer between the mechanical engineering and construction industry
  Kohl, Markus; Wilberg, Julian; Tommelein, Iris; Pikas, Ergo; Lindemann, Udo

• Maturity of models in a multi-model decision support system
  Johansson, Christian; Wall, Johan; Panarotto, Massimo

• Lessons learnt from experts in design rationale knowledge capture
  Hall, Mark; Bermell-Garcia, Pablo; Ravindranath, Ranjit; McMahon, Christopher

• Improved codification and transfer of engineering knowledge through human intermediaries
  Ruck, Tobias; Albers, Albert; Reiß, Nicolas

• Support management of product families and the corresponding automation systems – A method to capture and share design rationale
  Poorkiany, Morteza; Johansson, Joel; Elgh, Fredrik

• Climbing C-trees: Analysing Concept-tree content and construction
  Blanco, Eric; Le Dain, Marie-Anne; Lavayssiere, Pierre; Chevrier, Pierre

• Information rich mapping requirement to product architecture through functional system deployment: The Multi Entity Domain Approach
  Hauksdóttir, Dagný; Mortensen, Niels Henrik

• Information extracted from patents as creative stimuli for product innovation
  Parvin, Mehdi; Cascini, Gaetano; Becattini, Niccolo

• A visual analysis of technical knowledge evolution based on patent data
  Smojver, Vladimir; Potočki, Eva; Štorga, Mario

• Modeling product co-consideration relations: A comparative study of two network models
  Sha, Zhenghui; Wang, Mingxian; Huang, Yun; Contractor, Noshir; Fu, Yan; Chen, Wei

• Utilizing unstructured feedback data from MRO reports for the continuous improvement of standard products
  Abramovici, Michael; Gebus, Philip; Göbel, Jens Christian; Savarino, Philipp

• How explicit are we in a design meeting: Investigation on meeting knowledge structuring with design rationale
  Dai, Xinghang; Velde, Frank

• Framework of the evolution in virtual product modelling and model management towards digitized engineering
  Bitzer, Michael; Eigner, Martin; Faißt, Karl-Gerhard; Muggeo, Christian; Eickhoff, Thomas

• Definition and support of differentiation and integration in mechanical structure using S-curve theory and wavelet transform
  Ishii, Takahiro; Parque, Victor; Miura, Satoshi; Miyashita, Tomoyuki