Towards intelligent setting of process parameters for layered manufacturing

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-74

  Wang, W L ^a   Conley, J G ^a   Yan, Y N ^b   Fuh, J Y H ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PAPERMAKING; PLANNING; SCHEDULING;

BACKPROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK; INTELLIGENT PARAMETER SETTING; ORTHOGONAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PROCESS PLANNING; SLICING SOLID MANUFACTURING;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033892552     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008904108676     Document Type: Article

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