Prediction of effectiveness of concurrent engineering in electronics manufacturing in the U.S.

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-373

  Duffy, Vincent G ^a   Salvendy, Gavriel ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTERDISCIPLINARY QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIVE MODEL;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0031232645     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6564(199723)7:4<351::AID-HFM6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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