K. Watanabe, S. Mikoshiba, T. Tateyama and Y. Shimomura: Service Process Simulation for Integrated Service Evaluation. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Special issue on: Service Computing and Service Oriented Enterprise Systems in Design, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Springer, Vol. 23, No. 4, (ISSN 0956-5515 (Print) 1572-8145 (Online)), DOI: 10.1007/s10845-010-0497-x, pp. 1379-1388, 2012.
Y. Nemoto, F. Akasaka, R. Chiba and Y. Shimomura: Establishment of a Function Embodiment Knowledge Base for Supporting Service Design, Science China Information Sciences, Special Focus on: Geometry Computing and Digital Media Processing, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp.1008-1018, (ISSN:1674-733X CN:11-5847/TP), doi: 10.1007/s11432-012-4561-3, Springer-Verlag, 2012.
F. Akasaka, Y. Nemoto, K. Kimita and Y. Shimomura: Development of a Knowledge-Based Design Support System for Product-Service Systems. Computers in Industry, Special issue on: Product Service System Engineering - From Theory to Industrial Applications, Elsevier, Vol. 63, Issue 4, (ISSN: 0166-3615), pp. 309-318, 2012.
Y. Kurita, T. Ota, K. Kimita and Y. Shimomura: A Method for Analyzing Service Failure Causes. Journal on Innovation and Sustainability, Risus, Vol. 3, No. 2, (ISSN: 2179-3565), pp. 71-80, 2012.
著書
Y. Shimomura and K. Kimita (eds.):The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 4th CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems,Tokyo, Japan, November 8th - 9th, 2012, Springer, ISBN-978-3-642-32846-6, (2012年11月).
吉本一穂ら、(下村芳樹共著)、サービス工学 -51の技術と実践-. 朝倉書店. pp. 117-119, ISBN-978-4-254-27019-8, (2012年11月).
K. Kimita, T. Tateyama and Y. Shimomura: Process Simulation Method for Product-Service Systems Design. In Proceedings of the 45th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CIRP, pp. 555-560, CD-ROM. Athens, Greece, 2012.
F. Akasaka, Y. Nemoto, R. Chiba, and Y. Shimomura: Development of PSS Design Support System: Knowledge-based Design Support and Qualitative Evaluation. In Proceedings of the 45th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CIRP, pp. 271-278, CD-ROM. Athens, Greece, 2012.
Y. Nemoto, F. Akasaka and Y. Shimomura: Development of a System for Knowledge-based Product-Service System Design Support. In Proceeding of the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 259-268, CD-ROM, 2012.
K. Kimita and Y. Shimomura: Design Method for Modular Product-Service System Architecture. In Proceeding of the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 979-988, CD-ROM, 2012.
S. Hosono and Y. Shimomura: Application Lifecycle Kit for Mass Customization on PaaS Platforms. In Proceedings of 8th IEEE World Congress on Services - IEEE WCS 2012 -, CD-ROM, in-printing, IEEE, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., 2012.
F. Akasaka, K. Fujita and Y. Shimomura: PSS Business Case Map: Supporting Idea Generation in PSS Design. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conference - IDETC2012 -, CD-ROM, The American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Chicago, U.S.A., 2012.
Y. Kurita, K. Kimita and Y. Shimomura: A Service Failure Modes Identifying Method to Realize Highly Reliable Services. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conference - IDETC2012 -, CD-ROM, The American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Chicago, U.S.A., 2012.
T. Tateyama, S. Mikoshiba, K. Kimita, K. Watanabe, R. Chiba, Y. Shimomura and S. Kawata: A Multi-aspect Modeling Method for Service Flow Simulation Using Scene Transition Nets (STNs). In Proceedings of the 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conference - IDETC2012 -, CD-ROM, The American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Chicago, U.S.A., 2012.
K. Watanabe and Y. Shimomura: Design of Cooperative Service Process for Effective PSS Development. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 321-326, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
F. Akasaka, N. H. Nguyen, Y. Nemoto, B. Lenz, Y. Shimomura and R. Stark: Adaptation of the Service Self Checklist for Industrial Product-Service Systems. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 499-504, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
S. Hosono and Y. Shimomura: Towards Establishing Mass Customization Methods for Cloud-compliant Services. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 447-452, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
T. Tateyama, K. Kimita, K. Watanabe, R. Chiba, Y. Shimomura and S. Kawata: A Service Flow Simulation Method using Multi-aspect Scene Transition Nets (STNs) Modeling. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 297-302, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
Y. Nemoto, F. Akasaka and Y. Shimomura: A Knowledge-Based Design Support Method for Product-Service Contents Design. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 49-54, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
Y. Kurita, K. Uei, K. Kimita and Y. Shimomura: A Method for Supporting Service Cost Analysis. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2012, pp. 517-522, CIRP, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
K. Fujita, F. Akasaka, K. Kimita, Y. Nemoto, Y. Kurita and Y. Shimomura: Supporting Idea Generation in Business Design in Manufacturing Industries, In Proceedings of 2012 Asian Conference on Design and Digital Engineering (ACDDE 2012), Vol.1, CD-ROM, Niseko, Japan, 2012.
Y. Shimomura and F. Akasaka: Toward Product-Service System Engineering: New system engineering for PSS utilization. In Proceedings of CIRP, IPS2 Conference 2013, pp. 27-40, CIRP, Bochum, Germany, 2013. (keynote paper)
ハウジング・トリビューン編集部: 住まいはあらゆるサービスのハブ(HUB)になる. ハウジング・トリビューン, 創樹社, Vol. 426, p. 19, 2012.
S. Cavalieri, G. Pezzotta and Y. Shimomura: (Editorial) Product-service system: From theory to industrial applications. Computers in Industry, Special issue on: Product Service System Engineering - From Theory to Industrial Applications, Elsevier, Vol. 63, Issue 4, (ISSN: 0166-3615), pp. 275-277, 2012.
下村芳樹: 研究室紹介: 東京都立大学・下村研究室, MSTC, p. 10, 2013冬号, 製造科学技術センター, 2013
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(一)日本機械学会 出版部会校閲委員会委員
(一)日本機械学会 メカライフ編修委員会委員長
(一)日本機械学会 設計工学・システム部門 90期表彰委員会委員長
(一)精密工学会 出版部会校閲委員会委員
国内の他機関との連携による研究活動実績
独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所、「介護等におけるサービスの故障解析技術に関する研究」
日本電気株式会社、「サービス工学に関する研究」
株式会社日立製作所、「サービス工学に関する研究」
川崎重工業株式会社、「サービス工学に関する研究」
海外の他機関との連携による研究活動実績
Technical Unversity of Berlin/Fraunhofer(独)、「サービス工学に関する研究」