Coded by Dawei Wang

Based on the results published in A. Kusiak , N. Larson, and J. Wang, Reengineering of Design and Manufacturing Processes, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1994, pp. 521-536.

For comprehensive presentation of process modeling methodologies and analysis algorithms see the book Engineering Design: Products,
Processes, and Systems, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1999.

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Related Papers

A. Kusiak, J. Wang, D.W. He, and C.X. Feng, A Structured Approach for Analysis of Design Processes, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging,
and Manufacturing Technology - Part A, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1995, pp. 664-673.

A. Kusiak and J. Wang, Dependency Analysis in Constraint Negotiation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 25, No. 9, 1995, pp. 1301-1313.

A. Kusiak and N. Larson, Decomposition and Representation Methods in Mechanical Design, ASME Transactions: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 117, No. 3, 1995, pp. 17-24.

U. Belhe and A. Kusiak, Resource Constrained Scheduling of Hierarchically Structured Design Activity Networks, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 42, No. 2, 1995, pp. 150-158.

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