Interactive modeling and simulation of virtual manufacturing assemblies: An agent-based approach

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-518

  Ramaswamy, S ^a   Yan, Yi ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ROBOTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033319918     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008915503623     Document Type: Article

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