Characterizing complex product architectures

Systems Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-60

  Sharman, David M ^a   Yassine, Ali A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural signature; Characterization; Dependency structure matrix; Design rules; Modularity; Molecular diagrams; Product architecture; Visibility and dependency

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNATURES; DEPENDENCY STRUCTURE MATRIX (DSM); DESIGN RULES; MODULARITY; MOLECULAR DIAGRAMS (MD); PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; VISIBILITY AND DEPENDENCY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHARACTERIZATION; GAS TURBINES; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 22944440231     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.10056     Document Type: Article

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