Generating resource based flexible form manufacturing features through objective driven clustering

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Stage, R ^a   Roberts, C ^b   Henderson, M ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

MANUFACTURABILITY EVALUATION; OBJECTIVE DRIVEN CLUSTERING;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0032629069     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(99)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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