Multifunctionality: Driving and constraining forces

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-321

  Van Den Beukel, Annick L ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION; STATISTICS;

MULTIFUNCTIONALITY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032157696     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6564(199823)8:4<303::AID-HFM2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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