A polychromatic sets approach to the conceptual design of machine tools

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2397-2421

  Xu, L ^a,b   Li, Z ^a   Li, S ^a   Tang, F ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Conceptual design; Decision support systems; Design evaluation; Fuzzy reasoning; Machine tools; Polychromatic sets

Indexed keywords

BORING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DRILLING; MACHINE TOOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN EVALUATION; FUZZY REASONING; POLYCHROMATIC SETS;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 27744507530     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500047259     Document Type: Article

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