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2020
Journal Article
Titel

PAVED: Pareto Front Visualization for Engineering Design

Abstract
Design problems in engineering typically involve a large solution space and several potentially conflicting criteria. Selecting a compromise solution is often supported by optimization algorithms that compute hundreds of Pareto-optimal solutions, thus informing a decision by the engineer. However, the complexity of evaluating and comparing alternatives increases with the number of criteria that need to be considered at the same time. We present a design study on Pareto front visualization to support engineers in applying their expertise and subjective preferences for selection of the most-preferred solution. We provide a characterization of data and tasks from the parametric design of electric motors. The requirements identified were the basis for our development of PAVED, an interactive parallel coordinates visualization for exploration of multi-criteria alternatives. We reflect on our user-centered design process that included iterative refinement with real data in close collaboration with a domain expert as well as a summative evaluation in the field. The results suggest a high usability of our visualization as part of a real-world engineering design workflow. Our lessons learned can serve as guidance to future visualization developers targeting multi-criteria optimization problems in engineering design or alternative domains.
Author(s)
Cibulski, Lena
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Mitterhofer, Hubert
Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
May, Thorsten
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Kohlhammer, Jörn
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Zeitschrift
Computer graphics forum
Project(s)
CloudiFacturing
Funder
European Commission EC
Konferenz
Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2020
DOI
10.1111/cgf.13990
File(s)
N-599598.pdf (8.41 MB)
Language
English
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  • Lead Topic: Digitized Work

  • Research Line: Computer graphics (CG)

  • Research Line: Modeling (MOD)

  • human-centered computing

  • Visual analytics

  • engineering

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