About the Book

Part I Advances in Theory and Applications of TRIZ

1 Current Stage of TRIZ Evolution and Its Popularity; Oleg Abramov and Sergey Sobol

2 Design for Change: Disaggregation of Functions in System Architecture by TRIZ-Based Design; Sebastian Koziolek

3 Systematic Innovation in Process Engineering: Linking TRIZ and Process Intensification; Pavel Livotov, Arun Prasad Chandra Sekaran, Richard Law, Mas'udah, and David Reay

4 Heuristic Problems in Automation and Control Design: What Can Be Learnt from TRIZ?, Leonid Chechurin, Victor Berdonosov, Leonid Yakovis, and Vasilii Kaliteevskii

5 The Adaptive Problem Sensing and Solving (APSS) Model and Its Use for Efficient TRIZ Tool Selection; Alexander Czinki and Claudia Hentschel

6 Case: Can TRIZ Functional Analysis Improve FMEA?; Christian Spreafico and Davide Russo

7 A TRIZ and Lean-Based Approach for Improving Development Processes; Jens Hammer and Martin Kiesel

8 A Method of System Model Improvement Using TRIZ Function Analysis and Trimming; Nikolai Efimov-Soini and Kalle Elfvengren

9 Function Analysis Plus and Cause-Effect Chain Analysis Plus with Applications; Min-Gyu Lee

Part II Advances in Tools and Technologies for Creating New Innovations

10 Identification of Secondary Problems of New Technologies in Process Engineering by Patent Analysis; Pavel Livotov, Mas'udah, Arailym Sarsenova, and Arun Prasad Chandra Sekaran

11 Control Design Tools for Intensified Solids Handling Process Concepts; Markku Ohenoja, Marko Paavola, and Kauko Leiviskä

12 Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD) for Product Reliability Analysis: A Comparison Between AFD and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Identifying Potential Failure Modes; Renan Favarão da Silva and Marco Aurélio de Carvalho

13 Computer-Aided Conceptual Design of Building Systems: Linking Design Software and Ideas Generation Techniques; Ivan Renev

14 Optimized Morphological Analysis in Decision-Making; Shqipe Buzuku and Andrzej Kraslawski

15 Engineering Creativity: The Influence of General Knowledge and Thinking Heuristics, Iouri Belski, Anne Skiadopoulos, Guillermo Aranda-Mena, Gaetano, Cascini, and Davide Russo

Part III Advances in Managing Innovations and the Innovation Process

16 Levelized Function Cost: Economic Consideration for Design Concept Evaluation; Mariia Kozlova, Leonid Chechurin, and Nikolai Efimov-Soini

17 Reflecting Emotional Aspects and Uncertainty in Multi-expert Evaluation: One Step Closer to a Soft Design-Alternative Evaluation Methodology; Jan Stoklasa, Tomás Talásek, and Jana Stoklasová

18 Using Innovation Scorecards and Lossless Fuzzy Weighted Averaging in Multiple-criteria Multi-expert Innovation Evaluation; Mikael Collan and Pasi Luukka

19 Innovation Commercialisation: Processes, Tools and Implications; Mikko Pynnönen, Jukka Hallikas, and Mika Immonen

About the Author:

Leonid Chechurin is Professor at the Industrial Management Department of Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He is also the Head of the System Engineering group at LUT, and Visiting Professor at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia. His research interests focus on the analysis of systems dynamics based on mathematical modelling, stability analysis, control, the systematic approach for inventive thinking and innovation automation tools.

Mikael Collan is Professor of Strategic Finance at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. His research concentrates on business decision-making under uncertainty. Mikael is past President of the Finnish Operations Research Society (FORS) and an ordinary member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, one of the Finnish Academies of Science.