Guenov, Marin D.Lemmens, Yves Claude Jean2011-04-012011-04-012007http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5071Complex products are comprised of a large number of tightly integrated components, assemblies and systems resulting in extensive logical and physical interdependences between the constituent parts. Thus a change to one item of a system is highly likely to lead to a change to another item, which in turn can propagate further. The aim of this research therefore is to investigate dependency models that can be used to identify the impact and trace thepropagation of changes in different information domains, such as requirements, physical product architecture or organisation. Cont/d.en© Cranfield University, 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder.Qualitative DependenciesDesign Structure MatrixDomain mapping MatrixPropagation PathsKnowledge ManagementAircraft ArchitectureThesis or dissertation