Interface diagram: Design tool for supporting the development of modularity in complex product systems

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-76

  Bruun, Hans Peter Lomholt ^a   Mortensen, Niels Henrik ^a   Harlou, Ulf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Architecture based design; concurrent engineering; modularisation; Product Lifecycle Management; system design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE-BASED; COMPLEX PRODUCT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERFACE DESCRIPTIONS; MODULARISATION; PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOOLS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84896821278     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: 15312003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X13516329     Document Type: Article

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