On the futuristic machine control in a STEP-compliant manufacturing scenario

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 508-515

  Zhang, C ^a   Liu, R ^a   Hu, T ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent; CNC; Intelligent manufacturing; Process planning; STEP NC

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MACHINING CENTERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINE TOOLS; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING; PROCESS PLANNING; STEP-NC;

NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744960063     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920600623682     Document Type: Article

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