The process of engineering design: A comparison of three representations

DS 58-1: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 483-494

  Atman, Cynthia J ^a   Deibel, Katherine ^a   Borgford Parnell, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Design process; Timelines; Visual representation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION; TIMELINES; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

DESIGN; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84859249936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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