Decomposition of the design process

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 687-695

  Kusiak, A ^a   Wang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECOMPOSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT VARIABLE DECOMPOSITION; GROUPING; SIMPLIFICATION; TASK PARAMETER INCIDENCE MATRIX;

DESIGN;

EID: 0027851207     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2919255     Document Type: Article

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