A process modelling and simulation approach for business decision support in pre-conceptual product design

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-175

  Löfstrand, Magnus ^a   Isaksson, Ove ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost; Delivery time; Design support; Functional product development; Pre conceptual product design; Process modelling and simulation; SDD; Simulation driven design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956247403     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2010.034994     Document Type: Article

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