Characterizing modularity, hierarchy and module interfacing in complex design systems

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 375-384

  Sarkar, Somwrita ^a   Dong, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS GRAPH; COMPLEX DESIGNS; COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEM; DESIGN MODELS; DETAILED DESIGN; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; GRAPH MODEL; MODULAR GRAPH; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; REAL-WORLD SYSTEM; SINGULAR VALUES; SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION;

GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR ALGEBRA;

DESIGN;

EID: 84863579444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-47992     Document Type: Conference Paper

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