Comparing three different modularity methods

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 533-541

  Holtta, Katja M M ^a   Salonen, Mikko P ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Modularity; Product architecture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; TORQUE;

MODULARITY; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE;

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1842759701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dtm-48649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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