This eBook covers U.S. Government activities in Big Data, Quantum Computing, Blockchain Technology, Cloud Computing, The Internet of Things, Additive Manufacturing, Telemedicine and Telehealth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Facial Recognition Technology, Artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Open Source, Cybersecurity, and Efforts to Manage E-Waste.
An overview in product variety design methodologies through the computational design optimization methods, and developing product architecture under the support of information technologies.
It aims at providing product designers a rational and systematic methodology in dealing with product variety from both qualitative and quantitative viewpoints.