Optimal design of hierarchic components platform under hybrid modular architecture

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-277

  Cai, Yan Ling ^a   Nee, Andrew Y C ^b   Lu, Wen Feng ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coupling analysis; Flexible component commonality; Hierarchic platform; Interfacing mechanism; Modularity; Total production cost

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; BASE PLATFORMS; COMMONIZATION; COUPLING ANALYSIS; END-PRODUCTS; FLEXIBLE COMPONENT COMMONALITY; FLEXIBLE COMPONENTS; GENERIC APPROACH; MARKET COVERAGE; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OUTPUT TORQUE; PLATFORM DESIGN; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT VARIANTS; TOTAL PRODUCTION COST;

COSTS; COUPLINGS; DESIGN;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649101427     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: 15312003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X09352122     Document Type: Article

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