Complex assembly variant design in agile manufacturing. Part I: System architecture and assembly modeling methodology

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Wang, Aihu ^a   Koc, Bahattin ^b   Nagi, Rakesh ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ASSEMBLY MODELING; ASSEMBLY VARIANT DESIGN METHODOLOGY;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 11844299631     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590516764     Document Type: Article

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