A feature complexity index

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Little, G ^a   Tuttle, R ^a   Clark, D E R ^a   Corney, J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feature recognition; Geometric complexity; Graph theory; Solid modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPH THEORY;

FEATURE COMPLEXITY INDEX; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0031625763     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406981521321     Document Type: Review

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