Intelligent information framework relating customer requirements and product characteristics

Computers in Industry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-65

  Harding, J A ^a   Popplewell, K ^a   Fung, R Y K ^b   Omar, A R ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DATA STRUCTURES; FUZZY SETS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

TOTAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035157427     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(00)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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