Discovering relationships between modularity and cost

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-157

  Guo, Fang ^a   Gershenson, John K ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Life cycle cost; Life cycle modularity; Product modularity

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE;

COST SAVINGS; LIFE-CYCLE COSTS; LIFE-CYCLE MODULARITY; PRODUCT MODULARITY; RETIREMENT MODULARITY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547216247     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-007-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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