Deciding between sequential and concurrent tasks in engineering design

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Smith, Robert P ^a   Eppinger, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002126104     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X9800600103     Document Type: Article

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