Modularity and delayed product differentiation in assemble-to-order systems: Analysis and extensions from a complexity perspective

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2006, Pages 161-185

  Blecker, Thorsten ^a   Abdelkafi, Nizar ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; Delayed product differentiation; Modularity; Weighted Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955262495     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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