A framework for computer-aided conceptual design and its application to system architecting of mechatronics products

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 931-946

  Komoto, Hitoshi ^a,b   Tomiyama, Tetsuo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Multi disciplinarity; System architecting; System decomposition

Indexed keywords

CAD SYSTEM; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT; CONSISTENCY MANAGEMENT; DESIGN INFORMATION; DESIGN KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARITY; PRINTER MANUFACTURERS; PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS; PRODUCT MODELING; SYSTEM ARCHITECTING; SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84862289039     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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