Constraint network approach to the design and manufacture of labels in a high-variety label-printing environment

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 499-514

  Awofala, A O ^a   Singh, N ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Constraint network; Cutting stocks; Design and manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRINTING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONSTRAINT NETWORK METHOD; LAYOUT SHEET UTILIZATION;

LABELS;

EID: 0030386923     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00122839     Document Type: Article

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