Biological analogies in manufacturing

Computers in Industry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-160

  Mill, F ^a   Sherlock, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; PROCESS CONTROL;

EMERGENT SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034298321     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(00)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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