An initial study of direct relationships between life-cycle modularity and life-cycle cost

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-128

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Gershenson, J K ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Design theory; DfX; Life cycle engineering; Modularity

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE-CYCLE MODULARITY;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0041877452     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X03035427     Document Type: Article

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