Sustaining lifecycle value: Valuable changeability analysis with era simulation

SysCon 2012 - 2012 IEEE International Systems Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 202-208

  Fitzgerald, Matthew E ^a   Ross, Adam M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

changeability; flexibility; simulation; strategy; system lifecycle; tradespace exploration; valuation

Indexed keywords

CHANGEABILITY; FLEXIBILITY; SIMULATION; STRATEGY; SYSTEM LIFECYCLE;

COMMERCE; DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE; RESOURCE VALUATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861314064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SysCon.2012.6189465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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