CAFixD: A case-based reasoning fixture design method. Framework and indexing mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 367-375

  Boyle, Iain M ^a   Rong, Kevin ^a   Brown, David C ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Axiomatic design; Case based reasoning; Fixture design; Retrieval by adaptability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MACHINING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

AXIOMATIC DESIGN; CASED-BASED REASONING; FIXTURE DESIGN; RETRIEVAL-BY-ADAPTABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 14044261100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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