The use of function/means trees for modelling technical, semantic and business functions

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-251

  Robotham, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT QUALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; SEMANTICS; VEHICLES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0036754818     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820110108944     Document Type: Article

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