Abstract: In the process of product development, the identification and evaluation of important nodes is of great significance for the effective control of complex product engineering change. In order to identify and evaluate important nodes accurately, this paper proposes a method to evaluate the importance of complex product nodes. Firstly, an engineering change expression method based on multi-stage complex network is proposed. Then, the evaluation index system of important nodes of complex products is constructed. A three parameter grey relational model based on subjective and objective weights is proposed to identify and evaluate the important nodes of complex products. Finally, an example of a large permanent magnet synchronous centrifugal compressor is analyzed. The example shows that the top nodes are node 4, 1, 7, 9 and 24. Compared with other experiments, the proposed method can effectively and reasonably evaluate the node importance of complex products.
