Managing Complex Mechatronics R&D: A Systems Design Approach

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Pang, Chee Khiang ^a   Lee, Tong Heng ^a   Ng, Tsan Sheng ^a   Lewis, Frank L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard disk drives (HDDs); integrated system design; mechatronics; modal parameters; research and development (R D)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HARD DISK STORAGE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MECHATRONICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING TOOL; HARD DISK DRIVES; INTEGRATED SYSTEM DESIGN; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING; MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY; MODAL PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84655162043     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: 15582426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2011.2157137     Document Type: Article

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