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In the initial stage of module division, the design structure matrix (DSM) is a crucial measure to concisely express the component relationship of electromechanical products through the visual symmetrical structure. However, product structure modeling, as a very important activity, was mostly carried out manually by engineers relying on experience in previous studies, which was inefficient and difficult to ensure the consistency of the model. To overcome these problems, an integrated method for modular design based on auto-generated multi-attribute DSM and improved genetic algorithm (GA) is presented. First, the product information extraction algorithm is designed based on the automatic programming structure provided by commercial CAD software, to obtain the assembly, degrees of freedom, and material information needed for modeling. Secondly, based on the evaluation criteria of product component correlation strength, the structural correlation DSM and material correlation DSM of components are established, respectively, and the comprehensive correlation DSM of products is obtained through weighting processing. Finally, the improved GA and the modularity evaluation index Q are used to complete the product module division and obtain the optimal modular granularity. Based on a model in published literature and a bicycle model, comparative studies are carried out to verify the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym14010048","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,9]],"date-time":"2022-01-09T23:35:09Z","timestamp":1641771309000},"page":"48","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["An Integrated Method for Modular Design Based on Auto-Generated Multi-Attribute DSM and Improved Genetic Algorithm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4851-1929","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shuai","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronics Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]},{"given":"Zhongkai","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronics Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronics Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]},{"given":"Dengzhuo","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronics Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]},{"given":"Guangyu","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronics Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1509","DOI":"10.1007\/s00170-015-8290-9","article-title":"A systematic literature review of modular product design (MPD) from the perspective of sustainability","volume":"86","author":"Ma","year":"2016","journal-title":"Int. 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