An IT view on perspectives of computer aided process planning research

Computers in Industry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-337

  Cay, Faruk ^a   Chassapis, Constantin ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Aided Design; Computer Aided Manufacturing; Computer Aided Process Planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP);

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031359264     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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