We argue that visual representations of design processes contribute toward social and material practices of design(ing). They are used as didactic devices. We will discuss them using metaphors to illustrate that they are ...

A three-layer object based environment architecture (Client, Application Server and Server) to support the modeling and management of the process design process is presented. It guides the design process and explicitly ...

We argue that visual representations of design processes contribute toward social and material practices of design(ing). They are used as didactic devices. We will discuss them using metaphors to illustrate that they are ...

This work presents an innovative approach to business design, known as Business Engineering, and its application to service offerings design in general and health services in particular. Such an approach is characterized ...

A model for the joint economic design of X̄ and R control charts is developed. This model assumes that the process is subject to two assignable causes. One assignable cause shifts the process mean; the other shifts the ...

This paper considers the problem of a continuous production process where both the mean and variance are simultaneously monitored by an (X) over bar chart and R chart respectively, and generalizes the model of Costa (IIE ...

This paper considers the problem of a continuous production process where both the mean and variance are simultaneously monitored by an (X) over bar chart and R chart respectively, and generalizes the model of Costa (IIE ...