Learn how to create a FAST diagram for value engineering without getting stuck in conflicts and trade-offs among functions. Find out how to evaluate, prioritize, and compare alternatives.

VAFD stands for Value Analysis Function Diagram, and it is a numerical method of calculating the value and cost of each function in a FAST diagram. VAFD helps you to quantify the value and cost of ...

The objective function for the optimization is based on the following software metrics of the composed diagrams: 1) the number of classes (NC), 2) the number of associations (NA), 3) the number of ...

An Alluvial diagram has been used to relate categories, subcategories of grant applications The provided code is for generating a Sankey diagram using the Plotly library in Python. The code first ...

A quaternary logic function expressed as quaternary Galois field sum of products (QGFSOP) expression can be realized as a cascade of quaternary 1-qudit, Feynman, and Toffoli gates. In this paper, we ...