Building connectivity models in design: Representations and tools to support cognitive preferences

Design Computing and Cognition '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 41-60

  Keller, René ^a   Eckert, Claudia M ^a   Clarkson, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PRODUCTS; CONNECTIVITY MODEL; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTEGRAL PART; MANY CORE; NODE-LINK DIAGRAMS; REPRESENTATIONS OF GRAPHS; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 80052110496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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