Evaluation of acceleration effect of dynamic sequencing of design process in a multiproject environment

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0210081-02100811

  Kang, Changmuk ^a   Hong, Yoo S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Design process; DSM; Dynamic sequencing; Multiproject environment; Stochastic processing network

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ACCELERATION EFFECTS; DESIGN PROGRAMS; DESIGN-PROCESS; DSM; DYNAMIC SEQUENCING; MULTI-PROJECT ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMAL SEQUENCE; SEQUENCING METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSING NETWORKS; WAITING TIME;

AVAILABILITY;

EID: 77955199335     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3066599     Document Type: Article

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