Abstracting and exploring functional design information for conceptual mechanical product design

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-52

  Deng, Y M ^a   Tor, S B ^a   Britton, G A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

FUNCTIONAL DESIGN INFORMATIONS; INPUT OUTPUT FLOW OF ACTIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0033684860     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003660050035     Document Type: Article

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