CONDENSE: A concurrent design evaluation system for product design

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-433

  Chen, Chun Hsien ^a   Occena L G ^a   Fok, Sai Cheong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COSTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SPECIFICATIONS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CONCURRENT DESIGN EVALUATION SYSTEM; GRAPH DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035866457     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540010002397     Document Type: Article

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