A hybrid method for recognizing interacting machining features

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1887-1908

  Li, W D ^a   Ong, S K ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GRAPH THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS;

FEATURE RECOGNITION DOMAIN;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0242364651     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754031000123868     Document Type: Article

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