Applied Decision Analysis for Improved Products & Systems Group (ADAPS Group)

Mission

Dr. Gül E. Okudan Kremer established the Research Group for Applied Decision Analysis for Improved Products & Systems (ADAPS Group) in 2002. Our mission is to investigate the design and implementation of multi-criteria decision analysis methods for improvement of products and systems. This is accomplished through research that is focused on modeling the complex decision contexts to develop more efficient decision making tools for alternative evaluation with the ultimate goal of improving designed artifacts and systems for increased productivity, and benefit to stakeholders.

Our main research fields are applied decision analysis and design engineering for products & systems (including multi-person multi-criteria decision analysis, human behavior in design and decision making, and optimization), and systematic design methods (including TRIZ). This work has applications in product and supply chain design, construction and healthcare delivery systems.