Investigating knowledge searches in aerospace design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn DS 31, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Aurisicchio, M ^a   Langdon, P M ^b   Ahmed, S ^b   Wallace, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerospace design; Diary study; Empirical research; Knowledge acquisition

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

AEROSPACE COMPANY; AEROSPACE DESIGN; DIARY STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; PRELIMINARY MODEL; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 85012260172     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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