Computer-Aided Setup Planning and Fixture Design

Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-206

  Rong, Y ^a   Liu, X ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Wen, A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFD; CAPP; CIMS; Feature based design; FMS; Setup planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001570076     PISSN: 10798587     EISSN: 2326005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10798587.1997.10750702     Document Type: Article

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