A virtual testbed for the life-cycle design of automated manufacturing facilities

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 608-615

  Lu, Chris J J ^a   Tsai, K H ^a   Yang, Jackson C S ^a   Wang, Yu ^b,c  

^a Advanced Technology and Research Corp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated manufacturing; Life cycle design; Virtual test bed

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; LIFE CYCLE; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES; LIFE-CYCLE DESIGNS; VIRTUAL TEST BED;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031630943     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01301704     Document Type: Article

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