Effective product family design using preference aggregation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 293-305

  Dai, Zhihuang ^a   Scott, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Platform design; Preference aggregation; Product family; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDIZATION; VECTORS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

PLATFORM DESIGN; PREFERENCE AGGREGATION; PRODUCT FAMILY; TRADE-OFF; COMMON PLATFORM; DESIGN COSTS; PERFORMANCE; PREFERENCE AGGREGATIONS; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN; PRODUCT VARIETY; PRODUCTION COST; TRADE OFF;

PRODUCT DESIGN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 14044270229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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