Research issues in manufacturing flexibility - an invited review paper for ICRA 2000 symposium on flexibility

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 383-388

  Whitney, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

FACTORY AUTOMATION;

EID: 0033705010     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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