Complexity reduction of a design problem in QFD using decomposition

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-354

  Shin, Jong Seok ^a   Kim, Kwang Jae ^b  

^a CGN and Associates   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CUSTOMER ATTRIBUTES; DECOMPOSITION METHOD; HOUSE OF QUALITY CHART;

QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

EID: 0034251106     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008970701689     Document Type: Article

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