Addressing uncertainties within product redesign for sustainability: A function based framework

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 1057-1064

  Ramanujan, Devarajan ^a   Bernstein, William Z ^a   Zhao, Fu ^b   Ramani, Karthik ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Eco design; Function Impact Method; Info gap decision theory; Life Cycle Analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PROCESS; ECODESIGN; INFO-GAP; INPUT DATAS; INPUT UNCERTAINTY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MONTE CARLO; PNEUMATIC IMPACT; PRODUCT REDESIGN; RE-DESIGN DECISION; RE-DESIGNING; SATISFICING; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SUBJECTIVE WEIGHTING; VARIATION ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84863561016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-47137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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