Mathematical framework for the key characteristic process

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

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-157

  Thornton, Anna C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

KEY CHARACTERISTIC PROCESS; VARIATION MODELING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0033353412     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001630050011     Document Type: Article

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