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This book presents an analysis of the dynamics and the complexity of new product development projects which are organized according to the concept of concurrent engineering. The approach of the authors includes both a theoretical and an empirical treatment of the topic, based on the theory of design structure matrices. Readers will discover diverse perspectives and mathematical models, as well as an extensive discussion of two case studies.

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Introduction.- Mathematical Models of Cooperative Work in Product Development Projects.- Evaluation of Complexity in product development.- model-driven Evaluation of the Emergent Complexity of Cooperative Work based on Effective Measure Complexity.- Validity Analysis of Selected Closed-Form Solutions for Effective Measure Complexity.- Conclusions and Outlook.

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