Knowledge-based approach and system for assembly oriented design, Part I: The approach

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-75

  Zha, X F ^a   Du, H J ^a   Qiu, J H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; EXPERT SYSTEMS;

FEATURE-BASED GEOMETRIC MODELS; FUNCTION-BEHAVIOR-STRUCTURE MODELS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0035254412     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(00)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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