An options view of robot performance parameters in a dynamic environment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1243-1257

  Khouja, M J ^a   Kumar, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FITS AND TOLERANCES; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

NET PRESENT VALUE CRITERIA; ROBOT PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032667790     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191238     Document Type: Article

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