Complexity Theory and Challenges of Aerospace Products Lifecycle Management
Abstract
Purpose: All the existing product lifecycle management systems use different techniques and their knowledge is poorly structured. For that reason, newly introduced systems are used only partially and often just at the early stages of the product lifecycle. A novel network-centric approach to complex aerospace product lifecycle management is discussed in this article. Methods: An intelligent network-centric system Smart PLM (which is a superstructure over the traditional PLM systems) is proposed. Smart PLM consists of interconnected systems of control over separate lifecycle stages in which all the occurring problems are solved locally whenever possible and globally otherwise. Results: A network-centric architecture concept was developed for control over traditional systems of product lifecycle management. Benefits of the proposed approach were shown on the example of complex aerospace products. The basic components of Smart PLM were described along with their interaction mechanism. The decision was justified to use ontologies for the domain area description and multi-agent approach for building up a demand-resource network for the scheduling of all stages of the product lifecycle. Logical architecture of a distributed multi-agent system was designed. The developed models, methods and algorithms of decision-making support in separate system components help to provide an appropriate response to any events which occur through all the stages of the aerospace products lifecycle. Practical relevance: The developed system architecture can be applied either autonomously or through the integration in a single complex with the existing PLM systems. The proposed adaptive approach to the lifecycle management of aerospace products will help to increase their reliability and reduce the operating costs through timely interaction and considering the requirements of all the participants at various lifecycle stages.Published
2015-02-20
How to Cite
Lakhin, O., Polnikov, A., Simonova, E., & Skobelev, P. (2015). Complexity Theory and Challenges of Aerospace Products Lifecycle Management. Information and Control Systems, (1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.15217/issn1684-8853.2015.1.4
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Information processing and control