Concurrent process and facility prototyping for formation of virtual manufacturing cells

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 306-315

  Ratchev, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Machining cell; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

CONCURRENT PROCESSES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034769610     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060110393406     Document Type: Article

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