A study on customer involvement in final assembly for DIY products

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Ho, Jyh Wen ^a   Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision analysis; CIFA ratio; Competitors; Learning curve effect; Product life cycle

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN DECISION ANALYSIS; CIFA RATIO; COMPETITORS; LEARNING CURVE EFFECT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 59049102272     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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