Decomposition-based assembly synthesis of multiple structures for minimum production cost

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design Engineering Division (Publication) DE

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Cetin, Onur L ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly synthesis; Design for modularity; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PARETO PRINCIPLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; DESIGN FOR MODULARITY; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

EID: 1942456545     PISSN: 15214613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2003-43085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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