Linking design process to customer satisfaction through virtual design of experiments

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Jain, Vikas K ^a   Sobek II, Durward K ^b  

^a Isotec International Inc   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Design process; Empirical research; Engineering education; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DESIGN PROCESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODELING; VIRTUAL DESIGN;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748865184     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-006-0018-2     Document Type: Article

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