Tolerance control and propagation for the product assembly modeller

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-94

  Ashiagbor, A ^a   Liu, H C ^a   Nnaji, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BETA DISTRIBUTED SUM DIMENSION;

FITS AND TOLERANCES;

EID: 0031650911     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075498193949     Document Type: Article

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