Optimal process parameter determination for computer-aided manufacturing

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-16

  Jeang, Angus ^a,b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Science Council of the Republic of China   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CAD; CAM; Cost; Design parameters; Optimal; Process parameters; Process sequence; Product design; Quality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS SEQUENCES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032637938     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199901/02)15:1<3::AID-QRE202>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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