Towards a model for electronic design process refinement

Computers in Industry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Johnson, Eric W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Brockman, Jay B ^a,g,h,i,j  

^a University of Notre Dame

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Universidad de Notre Dame   (United States)

^e Unisys   (United States)

^f Quickturn Design Systems

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^j Sigma Xi

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Author keywords

Electronic design process refinement model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; STANDARDS;

DESIGN PROCESS EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC DESIGN PROCESS REFINEMENT MODEL; PROCESS DATA; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0042540359     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3615(96)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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