An expert facility layout system: An object-oriented approach

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 131-143

  Babu, A J G ^a   Yao, Dongyan ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carrier Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Facilities layout; Object oriented programming; Production planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LISP (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; USER INTERFACES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM LAYOUT DESIGN EXPERT SYSTEM (CLADES); KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT (KEE);

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 0030393387     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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