Distributed design coordination

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-252

  Whitfield, Robert Ian ^a   Duffy, Alex H B ^a   Coates, Graham ^b   Hills, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Distributed design; Strategic coordination

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DESIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED DESIGN; STRATEGIC COORDINATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0036763436     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-002-0021-1     Document Type: Article

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