Optimal platform investment for product family design

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-148

  Zacharias, Nicolas A ^a   Yassine, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Platform design; Product architecture; Product commonality; Product development; Product family planning

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT COMMONALITY; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 40849083665     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-007-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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