Decision-making assistance in engineering-change management process

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-349

  Habhouba, D ^a   Cherkaoui, S ^a   Desrochers, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided design (CAD); concurrent engineering; design process; engineering change management (ECM); software agent

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; CHANGE PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN SYSTEMS; DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING CHANGES; HUMAN EXPERT; MAKING DECISION; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MESSAGE EXCHANGE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PROCESSING TIME; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79954592325     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2059013     Document Type: Article

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