A Control Perspective on Recent Trends in Manufacturing Systems

IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 3-15

  Gershwin, Stanley B ^a   Mitter, Sanjoy K ^a   Hildebrant, Richard R ^b   Suri, Rajan ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Charles Stark Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS - APPLICATIONS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0022706976     PISSN: 02721708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.1986.1105071     Document Type: Article

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