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Liu, Yan; Eckert, Claudia M. and Earl, Christopher (2022). Assessing Suppliers for Complex Products from the Perspective of Power. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(4) pp. 1605–1621.

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Eckert, Claudia; Isaksson, Ola; Lebjioui, Safaa; Earl, Christopher and Edlund, Stefan (2020). Design margins in industrial practice. Design Science, 6, article no. e30.

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MacKay, A.; Hau Hing, C.; Earl, C. F.; Behera, A. K.; de Pennington, A. and Hogg, D. C. (2019). A lattice-based approach for navigating design configuration spaces. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 42, article no. 100928.

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(2019). Sharing design definitions across product life cycles. Research in Engineering Design, 30(3) pp. 339–361.

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Jowers, Iestyn; Earl, Chris and Stiny, George (2019). Shapes, structures and shape grammar implementation. Computer-Aided Design, 111 pp. 80–92.

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Harrison, Laura; Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2019). Defining Rules for Kinematic Shapes with Variable Spatial Relations. In: Computer-Aided Architectural Design. "Hello, Culture" (Lee, Ji-Hyun ed.), Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer, Singapore, pp. 444–458.

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Tahera, Khadija; Wynn, David C.; Earl, Chris and Eckert, Claudia M. (2019). Testing in the incremental design and development of complex products. Research in Engineering Design, 30(2) pp. 291–316.

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Eckert, Claudia; Isaksson, Ola and Earl, Chris (2019). Design Margins: A hidden issue in industry. Design Science, 5, article no. e9.

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Earl, Chris (2018). [Obituary] Lionel March: Sharing ideas through research. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45(4) 598 -600.

Chau, Hau Hing; McKay, Alison; Earl, Christopher F.; Behera, Amar Kumar and de Pennington, Alan (2018). Exploiting lattice structures in shape grammar implementations. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(2) pp. 147–161.

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Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Chris (2018). Visual Structures of Embedded Shapes. In: Lee, Ji-Hyun ed. Computational Studies on Cultural Variation and Heredity. KAIST Research Series. Springer, pp. 175–187.

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Tahera, Khadija; Earl, Chris and Eckert, Claudia (2017). A Method for Improving Overlapping of Testing and Design. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 64(2) pp. 179–192.

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Earl, Chris (2017). [Book Review] Adam Sharr and Stephen Thornton, Demolishing Whitehall: Leslie Martin, Harold Wilson and the architecture of white heat. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 44(1) pp. 180–181.

Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2017). Structures in shapes: a perspective from rules and embedding. In: Cultural DNA Workshop 2017, 13 Jan 2017, KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology.

Jowers, Iestyn; Earl, Chris and Stiny, George (2017). Shape computations without compositions. In: Çağdaş, G.; Özkar, M.; Gül, L. F. and Gürer, E. eds. Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Future Trajectories. 17th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2017, Istanbul, Turkey, July 12-14, 2017, Selected Papers. Springer, pp. 348–365.

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Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2017). Incommensurable design descriptions. In: Creative Design and Advanced Manufacturing: An emerging application area for Signals and Systems, 2 Sep 2017, 2017 25th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Kos, Greece.

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Umney, Darren; Earl, Christopher and Lloyd, Peter (2016). Design as analysis: examining the use of precedents in parliamentary debate. In: Proceedings of DRS2016: Design + Research + Society - Future-Focused Thinking, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.

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McGilp, H.; Eckert, C. and Earl, C. (2016). Don’t Look Back: The Paradoxical Role of Recording in the Fashion Design Process. In: Proceedings of DRS2016: Design + Research + Society - Future-Focused Thinking (Lloyd, P. and Bohemia, E. eds.), Design Research Society, London, pp. 2521–2534.

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Lebjioui, S.; Eckert, C. M. and Earl, C. (2016). Understanding the relationship between design margins and trade-offs. In: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference (Marjanović, D.; Štorga, M.; Pavković, N.; Bojčetić, N. and Škec, S. eds.), pp. 1515–1522.

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Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2015). Extending the algebras of design. Nexus Network Journal, 17(3) pp. 947–962.

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Earl, Christopher F. and Jowers, Iestyn (2015). Pinwheel patterns: from 2D to 3D schemas. Nexus Network Journal, 17(3) pp. 899–912.

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Harrison, Laura; Earl, Christopher and Eckert, Claudia (2015). Exploratory making: Shape, structure and motion. Design Studies, 41(A) pp. 51–78.

Zapico, Miguel; Eckert, Claudia; Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2015). Towards product platform introduction: optimising commonality of components. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15).

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Tahera, Khadija; Eckert, Claudia and Earl, Christopher (2015). Highlighting the importance of testing in the product development process. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15).

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Eckert, Claudia; Isaksson, Ola and Earl, Christopher (2014). Design margins as a key to understanding design iteration. In: 2nd Biennial International Conference on Dynamics for Design; 26th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (IDETC/CIE 2014), 17-20 Aug 2014, Buffalo, New York, USA, ASME.

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Tahera, Khadija; Earl, Christopher and Eckert, Claudia (2014). Integrating virtual and physical testing to accelerate the engineering product development process. International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 13(2/3) pp. 154–175.

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Tahera, Khadija; Earl, Chris F. and Eckert, Claudia (2013). Improving overlapping between testing and design in engineering product development processes. In: ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 4-7 Aug 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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Eckert, Claudia; Stacey, Martin and Earl, Christopher (2013). Formality in design communication. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 27(2) pp. 91–103.

Tahera, Khadija; Eckert, Claudia and Earl, Christopher (2013). Optimizing overlap between testing and design in engineering product development processes. In: 23rd CIRP Design Conference, 14-15 Mar 2013, Bochum, Germany, Springer, pp. 201–210.

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Eckert, Claudia; Earl, Christopher; Lebjioui, Safaa and Isaksson, Ola (2013). Components margins through the product lifecycle. In: Product Lifecycle Management for Society, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, pp. 39–47.

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Tahera, K.; Earl, C. and Eckert, C. (2012). Integrating physical and virtual testing to improve confidence in product design. In: Workshop on Modelling and Management of Engineering Processes, 29-30 Nov 2012, Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

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Eckert, Claudia; Blackwell, Alan; Stacey, Martin; Earl, Christopher and Church, Luke (2012). Sketching across design domains: roles and formalities. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 26(3) pp. 245–266.

Tahera, Khadija; Earl, Christopher and Eckert, Claudia (2012). The role of testing in the engineering product development process. In: Proceedings of TMCE 2012, 7-11 May 2012, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Eckert, Claudia; Isaksson, Ola and Earl, Christopher (2012). Product property margins: an underlying critical problem of engineering design. In: Proceedings of TMCE 2012, pp. 1027–1040.

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Hasan, Saad; Eckert, Claudia and Earl, Chris (2012). Supply chain collaboration under uncertainty. In: 21st Annual IPSERA Conference: Purchasing & Supply Management in a Changing World, 1-4 Apr 2012, Naples, Italy.

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Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Chris (2012). Shape interpretation with design computing. In: Fifth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DDC'12): Bringing Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Computational Theories to Design Research, 7-9 Jun 2012, Bryan, TX, USA.

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Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2011). Implementation of curved shape grammars. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 38(4) pp. 616–635.

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Paterson, Gareth and Earl, Chris (2011). Line and plane to solid: analyzing their use in design practice through shape rules. In: International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, 10-14 Jul 2010, Stuttgart, pp. 251–267.

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Hasan, S.; Eckert, C. M. and Earl, C. F. (2011). Strategic, tactical decisions and information in Rapid Manufacturing supply chain. In: Twelfth National Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping and Manufacturing, 17 Jun 2011, Lancaster, UK.

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Harrison, Laura; Earl, Christopher and Eckert, Claudia (2011). The role of rapid prototyping in the generative design of mechanisms. In: 12th Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping & Manufacturing, 17 Jun 2011, Lancaster University, CRDM Ltd.

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McKay, Alison; Chase, Scott; Garner, Steven; Jowers, Iestyn; Prats, Miquel; Hogg, David; Chau, Hau Hing; de Pennington, Alan; Earl, Christopher and Lim, Sungwoo (2010). Design synthesis and shape generation. In: Inns, Tom ed. Designing for the 21st Century, Volume 2. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, pp. 304–321.

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Eckert, C. M.; Blackwell, A. F.; Bucciarelli, L. L. and Earl, C. F. (2010). Shared conversations across design. Design Issues, 26(3) pp. 27–39.

Jowers, Iestyn and Earl, Christopher (2010). The construction of curved shapes. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 37(1) pp. 42–58.

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Stavey, M.K.; Eckert, Claudia and Earl, Christopher (2009). From Ronchamp by sledge: on the pragmatics of object references. In: McDonnell, Janet and Lloyd, Peter eds. About designing: analysing design meetings. London: CRC Press, pp. 360–379.

Blackwell, A. D; Eckert, C. M.; Bucciarelli, L. L and Earl, C. F. (2009). Witnesses to design: A phenomenology of comparative design. Design Issues, 25(1) pp. 36–47.

Song, Dong-Ping and Earl, Christopher F. (2008). Optimal empty vehicle repositioning and fleet-sizing for two-depot service systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 185(2) pp. 760–777.

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Hicks, C.; Song, D. P. and Earl, C. F. (2007). Dynamic scheduling for complex engineer-to-order products. International Journal of Production Research, 45(15) pp. 3477–3503.

Stacey, M. K.; Eckert, C. M. and Earl, C. (2007). From ronchamp by sledge: on the pragmatics of object references. In: Proceedings of the Seventh Design Thinking Research Symposium (DTRS'07), 19-21 Sep 2007, London, UK.

Paterson, Gareth; Garner, Steven and Earl, Christopher (2007). Multimodality through physical digital design. In: International Association of Societies of Design Research, 12-15 Nov 2007, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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Eckert, Claudia M.; Keller, Rene; Earl, Chris and Clarkson, P. John (2006). Supporting change processes in design: Complexity, prediction and reliability. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 91(12) pp. 1521–1534.

Hicks, Christian; Song, Dong-Ping and Earl, Christopher F. (2006). An ordinal optimization based evolution strategy to schedule complex make-to-order products. International Journal of Production Research, 44(22) pp. 4877–4895.

Prats, Miquel and Earl, C.F. (2006). Exploration through drawings in the conceptual stages of product design. In: Gero, J. ed. Design Computing and Cognition. Springer, pp. 83–102.

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Prats, M.; Earl, C.; Garner, S. and Jowers, Iestyn (2006). Shape exploration of designs in a style: toward generation of product designs. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 20(3) pp. 201–215.

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Eckert, Claudia; Stacey, Martin and Earl, Christopher (2005). References to past designs. In: Gero, J. S. and Bonnardel, N. eds. Studying Designers '05. Sydney, Australia: Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, pp. 3–21.

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Earl, C.; Eckert, C.; Bucciarelli, L.; Whitney, D.; Knight, T.; Stacey, M.; Blackwell, A.; Macmillan, S. and Clarkson, P. J. (2005). Comparative study of design: application to Engineering Design. In: 15th International Conference in Engineering Design, ICED 2005, 15-18 Aug, Melbourne, Australia.

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Eckert, C. M.; Earl, C. E. and Clarkson, P. J. (2005). Predictability of change in engineering: A complexity view. In: Design Engineering Division, ASME and Computers and Information in Engineering Division, ASME eds. 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 341–350.

Earl, Chris; Johnson, Jeffrey and Eckert, Claudia (2005). Complexity. In: Clarkson, John and Eckert, Claudia eds. Design Process Improvement: A Review Of Current Practice. London, U.K.: Springer Science + Business Media, pp. 174–197.

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Eckert, Claudia; Earl, Christopher; Stacey, Martin; Bucciarelli, Louis L. and Clarkson, P. John (2005). Risk across design domains. In: 15th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED05), 15-18 Aug 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

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Earl, Christopher; Eckert, Claudia and Johnson, Jeffrey (2005). Complexity of planning in design. In: Tumer, Irem Y.; Hayes, Caroline and Gupta, S. K. eds. Proceedings of the 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Earl, Chris; Eckert, Claudia and Clarkson, John (2005). Design change and complexity. In: 2nd Workshop on Complexity in Design and Engineering, Mar 2005, University of Glasgow, UK.

Earl, C.; Eckert, C. and Johnson, J. (2004). Complexity models in design. In: Design 2004 (Proceedings of the 8th International Design Conference) (Marjanovic, D. ed.), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, pp. 163–168.

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Eckert, Claudia; Blackwell, B. D.; Bucciarelli, L. L.; Clarkson, P. J.; Earl, Christopher; Knight, T. W.; Macmillan, S.; Stacey, M. K and Whitney, D. E. (2004). What designers think we need to know about their processes: early results from a comparative study. In: Proceedings of Design 2004, 8th International Design Conference, 18-21 May 2004, Dubrovnik - Cavtat, Croatia.

Eckert, Claudia; Blackwell, A. D.; Stacey, M. K. and Earl, Christopher (2004). Sketching across design domains. In: Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design, 22-23 Jul 2003, University of Sydney, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Jowers, Iestyn; Prats, Miquel; Earl, Christopher and Garner, Steven (2004). On curves and computation with shapes. In: Generative CAD Systems (Akin, Omer; Krishnamurti, Ramesh and Lam, Khee Poh eds.), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pp. 439–457.

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Eckert, Claudia; Stacey, Martin and Earl, Christopher (2003). Ambiguity is a double-edged sword: similarity references in communication. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design.

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Earl, Christopher; Song, Dong Ping and Hicks, Christian (2003). Planning complex engineer-to-order products. In: Gogu, Grigore; Coutellier, Daniel; Chedmail, Patrick and Ray, Pascal eds. Recent Advances in Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering. Dordecht, Netherlands: Kluwer, pp. 463–472.

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Stacey, M. K.; Earl, Christopher; Eckert, Claudia and O'Donovan, B. D. (2003). A methodology for comparing design processes. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'03), 19-21 Aug 2003, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Song, D.P.; Hicks, C. and Earl, C.F. (2002). Product due date assignment for complex assemblies. International Journal of Production Economics, 76(3) pp. 243–256.

Earl, C. F. and Eckert, C. M. (2002). The structure of similarity in design. In: Engineering Design Conference (EDC 2002), 9-11 Jul 2002, London, UK, pp. 527–536.

Eckert, C. M. and Earl, C. F. (2002). Perspectives on similarity in design. In: 7th International Design Conference (Design 2002), 14-17 May 2002, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 131–136.

Song, D.P.; Earl, C.F. and Hicks, C. (2001). Stage due date planning for multistage assembly systems. International Journal of Production Research, 39(9) pp. 1943–1954.

Song, Dongping; Hicks, C. and Earl, C.F. (2001). Setting planned job release times in stochastic assembly systems with resource constraints. International Journal of Production Research, 39(6) pp. 1289–1301.

Hicks, Chris; McGovern, Tom and Earl, Chris F. (2001). A Typology of UK Engineer-to-Order Companies. International Journal of Logistics: research and applications, 4(1) pp. 43–56.

Earl, C. F.; Eckert, C. M. and Johnson, J. (2001). Complexity in planning design processes. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design: Design Research – Theories, Methodologies and Product Modelling (ICED'01), 21-23 Aug 2001, Glasgow, UK, pp. 149–156.