Decision support for sequence generation in an assembly oriented design environment

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-300

  Barnes, C J ^a   Jared, G E M ^b   Swift, K G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly sequence generation; Decision support

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; PLANNING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ASSEMBLY PLANNING; ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE GENERATION; DECISION SUPPORTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642553127     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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