Cooperative agent modelling approach for process planning

Computers in Industry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-97

  Zhao, F L ^a   Tso, S K ^a   Wu, Paul S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEROPERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP);

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033889902     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(99)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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