Extended generic product structure: An information model for representing product families

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-275

  Callahan, Sean ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration management; Design domains; Multivariant design; Ports; Product lifecycle management; Product structure

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN DOMAINS; MULTIVARIANT DESIGN; PORTS; PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT STRUCTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED LOGIC DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748995095     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2218361     Document Type: Article

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