Modelling and evaluation of product fitness for service life extension

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-263

  Xing, Ke ^a   Luong, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Modularity; Remanufacture; Reuse; Service life extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249211164     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820701834512     Document Type: Article

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