Uncertainty and risk reduction in engineering design embodiment processes

Proceedings DESIGN 2008, the 10th International Design Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-156

  Grebici, K ^a   Goh, Y M ^b   McMahon, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Engineering analysis process; Information maturity; Risk management; Uncertainty classification; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT DESIGN; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INFORMATION MATURITY; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; LEADTIME; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PARALLELIZATIONS; RISK REDUCTIONS; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; TASK EXECUTIONS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS; UNCERTAINTY MODELLING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861482420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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