TY - JOUR AU - Kunpeng, Y. AU - Jiafu, S. AU - Hui, H. TI - Simulation of collaborative product development knowledge diffusion using a new cellular automata approach JO - Advances in Production Engineering & Management PY - 2017 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 265 EP - 273 DO - https://doi.org/10.14743/apem2017.3.257 UR - http://apem-journal.org/Archives/2017/Abstract-APEM12-3_265–273.html SN - 1854-6250 AB - In order to quantitatively examine the diffusion process and pattern of collaborative product development (CPD), this paper puts forward a quantitative research model of CPD knowledge diffusion based on improved cellular automata. In light of the idea of SIS epidemic model and the local knowledge interaction characteristic of CPD knowledge diffusion, the influencing factors of knowledge diffusion are abstracted into the parametric variables in the process of knowledge diffusion, and the knowledge-SIS (K-SIS) model is constructed based on improved cellular automata for CPD knowledge diffusion. Finally, the K-SIS model is simulated to study the diffusion process and pattern of CPD knowledge, revealing the influence mechanism of CPD knowledge diffusion influencing factors on the diffusion process. The research results provide valuable reference for improving the efficiency of CPD knowledge diffusion. KW - Collaborative product development KW - Knowledge diffusion KW - Influencing factors KW - Cellular automata ER -