| Development of a Genetic Algorithm to Automate Clustering of a Dependency Structure Matrix Contributor(s): Rogers, James L. (Author), Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs) (Created by), Et Al (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1287254152 ISBN-13: 9781287254157 Publisher: Bibliogov OUR PRICE: $13.28 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.13 lbs) 22 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Much technology assessment and organization design data exists in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Tools are needed to put this data into a form that can be used by design managers to make design decisions. One need is to cluster data that is highly coupled. Tools such as the Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) and a Genetic Algorithm (GA) can be of great benefit. However, no tool currently combines the DSM and a GA to solve the clustering problem. This paper describes a new software tool that interfaces a GA written as an Excel macro with a DSM in spreadsheet format. The results of several test cases are included to demonstrate how well this new tool works. |