Engineering economic decision issues in environmentally conscious design and manufacturing

Engineering Economist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-63

  Thurston, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DECISION-MAKING; ENGINEERING ECONOMIC DECISIONS; ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS DESIGNS; MANUFACTURING PROGRAM; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; RESEARCH NEEDS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; STANDARDS;

MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0009401008     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919908967508     Document Type: Article

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