Recommending a platform leveraging strategy based on the homogeneous or heterogeneous nature of a product line

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

Volumn 6 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 931-940

  Alizon, Fabrice ^a   Shooter, Steven B ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Homogeneity; Platform leveraging strategy; Product family; Product family specification

Indexed keywords

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE (DAC); INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION (LOA); LIFE CYCLE CONSIDERATIONS; PLATFORM DESIGNS; PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT (PD); PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT LINES; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

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

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 44949123659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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