Signal flow grammar from the functional basis

Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn DS 42, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nagel, Robert L ^a   Vucovich, Jayson P ^a   Stone, Robert B ^a   McAdams, Daniel A ^a  

^a Design Engineering Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional basis; Functional models; Grammar; Morphemes; Morphology; Signal flows; Syntax; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL BASIS; FUNCTIONAL MODEL; GRAMMAR; MORPHEMES; SIGNAL FLOW; SYNTAX;

FORMAL LANGUAGES; MORPHOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SYNTACTICS; TAXONOMIES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84862628265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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