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Example design structure matrices (DSMs) with n = 13 components. Black squares represent links. The DSM on the left was randomly generated to have fixed out-degree for each component. The DSM on the right represents the design of an automobile brake system (31). All diagonal elements are present because a component always affects its own cost.
