Virtual facility layout design: The value of an interactive three-dimensional representation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3941-3957

  Smith, Robert P ^a   Heim, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FACILITY LAYOUT DESIGN; INTERACTIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 0033226201     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499189853     Document Type: Article

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