Design for product adaptability

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

Volumn 6 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-248

  Li, Y ^a   Xue, D ^a   Gu, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptable design; Design evaluation; Grey relational analysis method; Product adaptability

Indexed keywords

(MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; ADAPTABLE DESIGNS; ASSEMBLY COSTS; CASE STUDIES; CUSTOMIZABILITY; DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE (DAC); EVALUATION MEASURES; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS (GRA); INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; LIFE CYCLE (LC); NEW DESIGN; OPERATION ABILITY; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; UPGRADEABILITY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; MECHANIZATION; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 44849136850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-35179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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