An integrated approach to information modeling for the sustainable design of products

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Eddy, Douglas ^a   Krishnamurty, Sundar ^a   Grosse, Ian ^a   Witherell, Paul ^b   Wileden, Jack ^c   Lewis, Kemper ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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

^c Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering design; LCA; Ontology; Sustainability standards; Sustainable product design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED CONTROL; ONTOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; STANDARDS;

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; ENGINEERING DESIGN; LCA; ONTOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; REQUIREMENTS INFORMATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGNS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84903769158     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027375     Document Type: Article

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