A web-based advisory system for process and material selection in concurrent product design for a manufacturing environment

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 233-243

  Zha, Xuan F ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Client knowledge server architecture; Conceptual design; Design for manufacturing; Fuzzy decision support; Manufacturing advisory system; Process and material selection; WWW

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-KNOWLEDGE SERVER ARCHITECTURE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; FUZZY DESIGN SUPPORT; MANUFACTURING ADVISORY SYSTEMS; PROCESS AND MATERIAL SELECTION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 13744262121     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-003-1838-0     Document Type: Review

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