Evolving a functional basis for engineering design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 63-74

  Hirtz, Julie M ^a   Stone, Robert B ^a   McAdams, Daniel A ^a   Szykman, Simon ^b   Wood, Kristin L ^c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MODELING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; FUNCTION REPRESENTATIONS; FUNCTIONAL REPRESENTATION; INDEPENDENT RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM DECOMPOSITION; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0035791498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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