Lumber yield optimization software validation and performance review

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Buehlmann, Urs ^a   Edward Thomas, R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; LUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; WOODWORKING;

SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0343898191     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(00)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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