The affordance structure matrix - A concept exploration and attention directing tool for affordance based design

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 277-287

  Maier, Jonathan R A ^a   Ezhilan, Thulasiram ^a   Fadel, Georges M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(E ,2E) THEORY; (MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; AFFORDANCE; CASE STUDIES; CONCEPT STRUCTURING; DESIGN FREEDOM; DESIGN PROCESSES; DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; HIGH LEVEL APPROACH; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS; STRUCTURE MATRICES; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CANNING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; NANOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; TOOLS;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 44849122832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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