Automating set-up planning in machining operations

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 151-156

  Ong, S K ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set theory; Production rules; Set up planning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN REASONING; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; PRODUCTION RULES; SET UP PLANNING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0030787210     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(96)02616-7     Document Type: Article

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