Product development process modeling using advanced simulation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 85-94

  Cho, Soo Haeng ^a   Eppinger, Steven D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design structure matrix; Iteration; Project management; Project simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRIX; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING METHOD; PROJECT SIMULATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ADVANCED SIMULATION; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; INFORMATION FLOWS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING METHODS; PLANNING AND EXECUTION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL;

EID: 0035790658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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