Robust planning of design tasks using simulation

Proceedings ICED 05, the 15th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn DS 35, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Flanagan, T L ^a   Eckert, C M ^b   Keller, R ^b   Clarkson, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design process improvement; Iteration; Planning; Rework; Risk management; Robust design; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; ITERATION; REWORK; ROBUST DESIGNS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84862618246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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