Tolerance synthesis by neural learning and nonlinear programming

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-65

  Chen, Mu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COST-TOLERANCE FUNCTIONS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0035283635     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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