A quantitative approach for designing multiple product platforms for an evolving portfolio of products

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 579-592

  Seepersad, Carolyn Conner ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^a   Allen, Janet K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compromise Decision Support Problem; Product families; Product platforms; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISKS;

MARKET SEGMENTATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85085716382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2002/dac-34096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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