Development of expert system for concurrent product design and planning for assembly

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-162

  Zha, X F ^a,b   Lim, S Y E ^a   Fok, S C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE COOPERATIVE KNOWLEDGE SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032623429     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700050052     Document Type: Article

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