Incorporating design effort complexity measures in product architectural design and assessment

Design Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-485

  Hölttä, Katja M M ^a   Otto, Kevin N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Product Genesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Design methodology; Engineering design; Interface design; Modularity

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INTERFACE DESIGN; MODULARITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 22844447835     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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