Simulating design processes to assist design process planning

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 503-512

  O'Donovan, Brendan ^a   Eckert, Claudia ^b   Clarkson, P John ^b  

^a LEK Consulting LLP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; ENGINEERS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ARROW DIAGRAMMING METHOD (ADM); DESIGN PROCESSES; ENGINEERING DESIGN; PROCESS EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT); 'CURRENT; ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; DESIGN PROCESS PLANNING; DESIGN-PROCESS; GANTT CHART; PERT CHARTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; TASK FAILURES; UNCERTAINTY;

PRODUCT DESIGN; ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 14044261385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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