A simplified and efficient representation for evaluation and selection of assembly sequences

Computers in Industry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-264

  Gottipolu, Reddy B ^a   Ghosh, Kalyan ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assembly constraints; Assembly sequences; CAD models; Sequence representation; Sequence selection and evaluation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0037995379     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(03)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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