Reconfigurable manufacturing systems

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 527-540

  Koren, Y ^a   Heisel, U ^b   Jovane, F ^c   Moriwaki, T ^d   Pritschow, G ^b   Ulsoy, G ^a   Van Brussel, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS;

RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033340198     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)63232-6     Document Type: Article

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