Supporting early design decision making using design context knowledge

Journal of Design Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 169-189

  Rehman, Fayyaz U ^a   Yan, Xiu Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conceptual design; context knowledge; decision making; life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249141938     PISSN: 17483050     EISSN: 15691551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/jdr.2007.015568     Document Type: Article

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