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

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-579

  Cetin, Onur L ^a,b   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly synthesis; Design for modularity; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; COSTS; FABRICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; WELDS;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; DESIGN FOR MODULARITY; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 23044451427     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1897409     Document Type: Article

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