Tool selection in three-axis rough machining

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 4215-4238

  Balasubramaniam, Mahadevan ^a   Joshi, Yogesh ^a   Engels, Daniel ^a   Sarma, Sanjay ^a   Shaikh, Zafar ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CUTTING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; THREE-AXIS ROUGH MACHINING; TOOL SELECTION;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 0035895124     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540110055389     Document Type: Article

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