Representation of similarity and dependency for assembly modularity

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lai, Xiaoxia ^a   Gershenson, John K ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly modularity; Design dependency representation; Modular design; Process similarity representation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FASTENERS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ASSEMBLY MODULARITY; DESIGN DEPENDENCY REPRESENTATION; MODULAR DESIGN; PROCESS SIMILARITY REPRESENTATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33751354294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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