Towards a suite of problems for comparison of product platform design methods: A proposed classification

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Scott, Michael J ^a   Arenillas, Juan Carlos García ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^b   Valliyappan, Somasundaram ^b   Allada, Venkat ^c  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^c Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Platform design; Product family; Scale based design; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MARKET DEMAND; PLATFORM DESIGN; TAXONOMY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33751312289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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