Towards Decision Support Technology Platform for Modular Systems

The survey methodological paper addresses a glance to a general decision support platform technology for modular systems (modular/composite alterantives/solutions) in various applied domains. The decision support platform consists of seven basic combinatorial engineering frameworks The following is described: (1) general scheme of the decision support platform technology; (2) brief descriptions of modular (composite) systems (or composite alternatives); (3) trends in moving from chocie/selection of alternatives to processing of composite alternatives which correspond to hierarchical modular prod-ucts/systems; (4) scheme of resource requirements (i.e., human, information-computer); and (5) basic combinatorial engineering frameworks and their applications in various domains.