Metrics for assessing design freedom and information certainty in the early stages of design

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 628-635

  Simpson, T W ^a   Rosen, D ^a   Allen, J K ^a   Mistree, F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECIFICATIONS;

DESIGN FREEDOM; OPEN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0032303355     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829325     Document Type: Article

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