Computer-aided reconfiguration planning: An artificial intelligence-based approach

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-240

  Tang, Li ^a   Koren, Yoram ^a   Yip Hoi, Derek M ^b   Wang, Wencai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-AIDED RECONFIGURATION PLANNING (CARP); GRAPH-SEARCHING STRATEGY; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (RMS);

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEARCH ENGINES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33749035263     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2218369     Document Type: Article

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