The role of knowledge in next-generation product development systems

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-11

  Szykman, Simon ^a   Sriram, Ram D ^a   Regli, William C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878826899     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1344238     Document Type: Article

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