Supporting product architecture design using computational design synthesis with network structure constraints

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-52

  Wyatt, David F ^a   Wynn, David C ^a   Jarrett, Jerome P ^a   Clarkson, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambridge advanced modeller (CAM); Computational design synthesis; Conceptual design; Design support method; Network structure constraints; Product architecture

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE ADVANCED MODELLER (CAM); COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SYNTHESIS; DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD; NETWORK STRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84858856127     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: 14356066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-011-0112-y     Document Type: Article

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