Web-enabled customer-oriented product concept formation via laddering technique and kohonen association

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-310

  Chen, Chun Hsien ^a   Khoo, Li Pheng ^a   Yan, Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Functional attributes hierarchy; Kohonen association algorithm; Laddering technique; Product concept formation; Selection of design alternatives; Web based application

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CUSTOMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036927727     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106329302129140197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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