Automated feature validation for creating/editing feature-based component data models

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2479-2495

  Gindy, N N Z ^a   Yue, Y ^a   Zhu, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DATA STRUCTURES; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

AUTOMATED FEATURE VALIDATION; FEATURE-BASED COMPONENT DATA MODELS (FBCDM);

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032163476     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075498192643     Document Type: Article

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