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4.2 DSM Types and Applications
There are two main categories of DSM; namely, static and time-based.
Static DSMs represent existing system elements simultaneously, such
as components of a product architecture or groups in an organization.
Static DSMs are usually analyzed with clustering algorithms. In time-
based DSMs, the ordering of the rows and columns indicates a flow
through time; upstream elements of a process precede downstream
elements, and terms like “feedforward” and “feedback” become
meaningful when referring to interfaces. Time-based DSMs are typically
analyzed using partitioning algorithms (Browning, 2001). This taxonomy
of different DSM types is shown in Figure 4.5.
Componentbased
DSM
Design Structure Matrices
(DSMs)
Static Time-based
Team-based
DSM
Figure 4.5: DSM Taxonomy (Adapted from Browning, 2001)
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Activitybased
DSM
Parameterbased
DSM