A study of modularity operation of systems based on maintenance consideration

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-56

  Tsai, Yuo Tern ^a   Wang, Kuo Shong ^b   Lo, Ship Peng ^a  

^a DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULARITY OPERATION;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; GEOMETRY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037987825     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954482031000078108     Document Type: Article

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