Facility description language for integrating distributed designs

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2471-2488

  Lara, Marco A ^a   Witzerman, James P ^b   Nof, Shimon Y ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FORMAL LANGUAGES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FACILITY DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES (FDL); PROCESS LAYOUTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 18744410351     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050031878     Document Type: Article

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