Automatic setup planning: Current state-of-the-art and future perspective

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Xu, Nuo ^a,c   Huang, Samuel H ^a   Rong, Y Kevin ^b,d,e  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^e WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete constrained optimisation; Fixture design; Setup planning; Supplier alliance; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AUTOMATING PORTIONS; KNOWLEDGE GAP; SETUP PLANNING; SUPPLIER ALLIANCE; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS;

PROCESS PLANNING;

EID: 34248157238     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2007.013191     Document Type: Article

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