Decomposition and reconstitution based fixturing planning automation

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED

Volumn 10, Issue , 1999, Pages 181-188

  Huang, K ^b   Rong, Y ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FACTORY AUTOMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIXTURING PLANNING AUTOMATION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033346427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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