Functional decomposition in engineering: A survey

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 3 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 227-236

  Van Eck, Dingmar ^a   McAdams, Daniel A ^b   Vermaas, Pieter E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING DESIGN KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; FUNCTIONAL BASIS; FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL REASONING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ALUMINUM; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLARIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; NANOSYSTEMS; PAPER; PRODUCT DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

MODELS;

EID: 44849092457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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