A modelling of interactive facilities layout designer reasoning using qualitative patterns

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 433-453

  Banerjee, P ^a   Montreuil, B ^b   Moodie, C L ^c   Kashyap, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS--COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

CONTEXT BASED REASONING; LAYOUT DESIGNER REASONING; MULTIAGENT COLLABORATIVE REASONING; QUALITATIVE PATTERNS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0026837134     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549208942904     Document Type: Article

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