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Christophe, F., Coatanéa, E., Bernard, A. (2018). Conceptual Design. In: The International Academy for Production (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_6444-4

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