DSM 2016 - 18th International DSM Conference

Complexity is an ever-present obstacle in almost every business. Especially in engineering, the design of highly integrated systems, the management of densely interwoven process organizations, the adaptation of products and their variants to different markets, and the general management of dependencies that drive any system's behavior necessitate approaches that enable the smooth and efficient modeling, analysis, and synthesis of appropriate solutions to working with such complexity.
However, complex systems have many advantages?e.g., they can generate better functionalities, be made copy-proof, and allow for innovations otherwise not possible. If well managed, complex systems provide many opportunities.
DSM methods (matrix-based as well as graph based) have proven invaluable in designing complex systems, optimizing technical systems, and understanding and managing product architectures, organizations, densely networked processes, and large market structures. With its ability to manage complexity by looking into the structure of a system, it has led to many other advances and methodologies, including domain mapping matrices (DMMs) and multidomain matrices (MDMs).
The International DSM Conference provides an annual forum for discussing the modeling and management of complex systems. During the conference, researchers, practitioners, and software developers of DSM-related tools can exchange experiences, development results, trends, and new ideas for complexity management in all kinds of industries from many different perspectives.
The 2016 DSM Conference will include the following three main topical areas:
Industrial Applications (Systems Engineering and Project Management)
Aerospace
Architectural engineering and construction
Automotive
Big data and analytics
Energy
Healthcare
Information technology / software
Infrastructure
Manufactured and consumer goods
Plant Engineering
Others
Research Trends
DSM approaches and methodologies
Domain Mapping Matrix (DMM) approaches and methodologies
Multidomain Matrix (MDM) approaches and methodologies
Systems Engineering, System Dynamics, General System Theory, and others
Developments and innovations in building, visualizing, analyzing, and understanding DSMs, DMMs, and MDMs
Product architectures
Organization architectures
Process architectures
Project management
DSM software tools
Commercially available tools
Prototypes and research projects