MODELING FOR CONCURRENT DESIGN USING GAME-THEORY FORMULATIONS

One way to model concurrent decision making is to formulate multi-play er mathematical games. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a va riety of concurrent decisionmaking models that arise in two simple app lications where explicit models can be obtained to represent the typic al stages of design and manufacturing in product development. Of parti cular interest are bilevel formulations which have an interpretation o f a Stackelberg game between two players such as Design and Manufactur ing. The solutions in these models show how the final design outcome c an be predicted based on the different interactions that may occur bet ween the decision makers in concurrent design project.