Empirical evaluation of flexible design concept generation procedures: A study in emergency services

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn 7 DS75-07, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Cardin, Michel Alexandre ^a   Ka Ho Yue, Howard ^a   Jiang, Yixin ^a   Deng, Yinghan ^a   Santhanakrishnan, Deepak ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Creativity; Design methods; Flexibility in engineering design; Real options

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; CREATIVITY; DESIGN METHOD; ENGINEERING DESIGN; REAL OPTIONS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES; LIFE CYCLE;

DESIGN;

EID: 84897594732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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