Fuzzy mapping of requirements onto functions in detail design

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 425-437

  Feng, Chang Xue ^a   Li, Pei Gen ^b   Liang, Ming ^c  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; FEATURE-BASED DESIGNS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0034831829     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(00)00094-4     Document Type: Article

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