Evaluating Complicatedness in Mechanical Design

In this paper, a model is proposed for evaluating the complicatedness of mechanical systems. The differences between a system's complexity and complicatedness are brought to light, and current methods for evaluating complexity are discussed and then illustrated. The concept of complicatedness is then derived from a combination of complexity-evaluating approaches. Subsequently, a model is presented, which calculates the system's complicatedness using existing complexity measures as its variables. Finally, a concluding discussion is conducted about the complexity measures which were included in the complicatedness model, and about further research and decisions that need to be made in order to finalize the model.