Optimum assembly design utilizing a behavioral modeling concept

Assembly Automation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-191

  Lin, Y J ^a   Farahati, R ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Computer aided design; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ASSEMBLY DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

EID: 0041360598     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150310471455     Document Type: Article

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