Identification of limiting factors for improving design modularity

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Coulter, Stewart L ^a   McIntosh, Mark W ^a   Bras, Bert ^a   Rosen, David W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIFE CYCLE;

CONFIGURATION DESIGNS; CRITICAL PATHS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMPROVING DESIGNS; IN-NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT MODULARITY; PRODUCT RECYCLABILITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85037294689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DTM-5659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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