Automated generation of assembly system-design solutions

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Webbink, Robert F ^a   Hu, S Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Configuration; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; VEHICLES;

CONFIGURATION; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 12844277355     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2004.840072     Document Type: Article

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