A model for optimizing performance based on reliability, life-cycle costs and other measurements)

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-300

  Prasad, Biren ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent Engineering; Heuristic based Optimization; Life cycle Costs; Performance Measurements; Product Development

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

HEURISTIC-BASED OPTIMIZATION; LIFE-CYCLE COSTS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032631914     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372899233244     Document Type: Article

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