Platform-based product design and development: A knowledge-intensive support approach

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 524-543

  Zha, Xuan F ^a   Sriram, Ram D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge support; Modular design; Product architecture; Product family; Product platform

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE SUPPORT; MODULAR DESIGN; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT PLATFORM;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33749656176     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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