Emergent synthesis methodologies for manufacturing

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 535-551

  Ueda, K ^a   Markus, A ^b   Monostori, L ^b   Kals, H J J ^c   Arai, T ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complexity; Emergence; Manufacturing Systems; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SYNTHESIS PROBLEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035662013     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)62994-1     Document Type: Article

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