New modules launch planning for evolving modular product families

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 349-358

  Allada, Venkat ^a   Lan, Jiang ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Modular design; Product architecture; Product family

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); AVAILABILITY; EARNINGS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROFITABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MODULAR DESIGN; CONFIGURATION OPTIMIZATION; CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; CONTROL VARIABLE; D-P MODEL; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; EQUAL INTERVALS; EXPECTED TIME; INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION; MODULAR DESIGNS; MODULAR PRODUCTS; MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; MODULE INSTANCE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PAPER BREAK; PLANNING HORIZONS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT FAMILIES; REPLACEMENT STRATEGY; SEQUENTIAL DECISION PROCESS; STATE SPACE; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; TIME POINTS; DEPENDENCE RELATIONSHIPS; MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 0036971733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2002/dfm-34190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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