Evaluating modular designs

Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1831-1835

  Balachandra, R ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULAR DESIGN; SOFTWARE COMPONENTS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 1642564233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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