Implementing Manufacturing Message Specifications (MMS) within collaborative virtual environments over the Internet

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-127

  Shang, Huiping ^a   Zhao, Zhengxu ^a   Thorn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DATA TRANSFER; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

MANUFACTURING MESSAGE SPECIFICATIONS (MMS);

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0142154123     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713804988     Document Type: Article

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