A topological hierarchy-sorting algorithm for layered manufacturing

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-113

  Choi, S H ^a   Kwok, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Programming and algorithm theory; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ITERATIVE METHODS; PLANNING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SORTING; TOPOLOGY;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; PROGRAMMING AND ALGORITHM THEORY; PROTOTYPES;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 1842482415     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540410526971     Document Type: Article

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