The UMC software environment for machine control system integration, configuration, and programming

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-97

  Carrott, Andrew J ^a   Moore, Philip R ^a   Weston, Richard H ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

FUNCTIONAL LOGIC; MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM; MECHATRONICS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE CONTROL;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030084332     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.481412     Document Type: Article

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