Metrics for evaluating and optimizing the barrier and time to reverse engineer a product

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 8, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 1207-1220

  Harston, Stephen P ^a   Mattson, Christopher A ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier to reverse engineering; Hardware imitation; Ohm's law; Product imitation; Reverse engineering; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

BARRIER TO REVERSE ENGINEERING; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; EXTRACTING INFORMATION; GAINING INSIGHTS; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; OHM'S LAW; ORIGINAL DESIGN; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCT IMITATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; REVERSE ENGINEERS;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; ENGINEERS; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77953788918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-86781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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