Current Science

The PDF file you selected should load here if your Web browser has a PDF reader plug-in installed (for example, a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).

If you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with PDFs, Highwire Press provides a helpful Frequently Asked Questions about PDFs.

Alternatively, you can download the PDF file directly to your computer, from where it can be opened using a PDF reader. To download the PDF, click the Download link above.

Fullscreen Fullscreen Off


As companies increasingly invest on the development of new products, and in the redesigning of existing ones in order to meet the ever emerging and rapidly changing customer demands, they continue to face an extremely competitive and cost-cutting war. Since today's product design works are mainly focused on the redesigning of existing products, most especially for complex products and systems, their properties are expected to be of higher technical content, reliability requirements as well as design characteristics.
User
Notifications
Font Size