Value analysis as a decision support tool in cruise ship design

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6939-6958

  Romano, Pietro ^a   Formentini, Marco ^a   Bandera, Camillo ^a   Tomasella, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

decision making; product development; shipbuilding; value analysis

Indexed keywords

CRUISE SHIPS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION TIME; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; FINCANTIERI; KNOWLEDGE BASE; OBJECTIVE PARAMETERS; PRODUCT VALUE; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; SELECTION CRITERIA; STRUCTURED METHOD; TIME CONSTRAINTS; VALUE ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SHIPBUILDING; SHIPS; SHIPYARDS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 78349266516     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903352686     Document Type: Article

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