Understanding Conceptual Electronic Design Using Protocol Analysis

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-140

  Mc Neill, Thomas ^a   Gero, John S ^b   Warren, James ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Design process; Design protocols; Design research; Function behaviour structure model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ENGINEERING DESIGN PROTOCOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032309126     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01607155     Document Type: Article

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