Design for product adaptability

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Li, Yi ^a   Xue, Deyi ^a   Gu, Peihua ^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

ADAPTABLE DESIGN; ADAPTABLE DESIGNS; ASSEMBLY COSTS; CASE STUDIES; CUSTOMIZABILITY; DESIGN EVALUATION; EVALUATION MEASURES; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS METHOD; NEW DESIGN; OPERATION ABILITY; PRODUCT ADAPTABILITY; UPGRADEABILITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 52949100611     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: 15312003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X08096178     Document Type: Article

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