Representation of similarity and dependency for manufacturing process-based product modularity

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 791-805

  Lai, Xiaoxia ^a   Gershenson, John K ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency; Modular design; Modularity representation for manufacturing process; Similarity

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; ASSEMBLY PROCESSING; CASCADE (CO); CLUSTER COMPONENTS; COMPONENT MANUFACTURING; COMPONENT MODULES; COMPONENT SIMILARITY; COST SAVINGS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; LIFE CYCLE (LC); MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MANUFACTURING TOOLS; MODULAR PRODUCT DESIGN; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PROCESS PLANS; PRODUCT MODULARITY; SURFACE FINISHING; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTERS; COST REDUCTION; CURVE FITTING; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIFE CYCLE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHATRONICS; PAPER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 44849110139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-35120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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