A network approach to define modularity of product components

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 435-446

  Sosa, Manuel E ^a   Agrawal, Anupam ^a   Eppinger, Steven D ^b   Rowles, Craig M ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component Modularity; Graph theory; Product Architecture; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CIVIL AVIATION; GRAPH THEORY; MACHINE COMPONENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPONENT MODULARITY; COMPONENT REDESIGN; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33244481324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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