An introduction to product family evaluation graphs

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 403-412

  Ye, Xiaoli ^a   Gershenson, John K ^a   Khadke, Kiran ^a   Lai, Xiaoxia ^a   Guo, Fang ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Product family; Product family evaluation; Product platform; Variety

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GRAPH THEORY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

COMMONALITY; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT FAMILY EVALUATION; PRODUCT PLATFORM; VARIETY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33244479427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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