A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINING PRODUCT PLATFORM EXTENT

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 711-724

  Seepersad, Carolyn Conner ^a   Hernandez, Gabriel ^a   Allen, Janet K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

linear physical programming; product families; Product platforms

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PHYSICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTIPLE FACTORS; MULTIPLE PLATFORMS; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; PRODUCT VARIETY; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SCALEABLE; SYSTEM LEVELS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84885329206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DAC-14288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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