Robust design of assembly and machining tolerance allocations

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-29

 

^a CHUCK)ZHANG, Chun   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

MIXED NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION MODEL; TOLERANCE ALLOCATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0031647172     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966434     Document Type: Article

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