A computer-based intelligent system for automatic tool selection

Materials and Design

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 337-351

  Edalew, K O ^a   Abdalla, H S ^a   Nash, R J ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering (CE); Cost estimation; Knowledge acquisition; Process optimisation; Tools selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATIC TOOL SELECTION; COMPUTER BASED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

CUTTING TOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COST; CUTTING TOOL; OPTIMIZATION; SELECTION;

EID: 0034989549     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3069(00)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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