Stream-of-variation theory for automotive body assembly

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Hu, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Dimension; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS;

MULTILEVELED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; STREAM-OF-VARIATION THEORY;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0030655546     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-8506(07)60763-x     Document Type: Article

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