A software framework for coping with heterogeneity in the shopfloor

Assembly Automation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Fernández Madrigal, Juan Antonio ^a   Galindo, Cipriano ^a   Cruz Martín, Ana ^a   González, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer aided manufacturing; Fault tolerance; Manufacturing industries

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANCE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

HETEROGENEOUS SOFTWARE; METALANGUAGE;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 35448972523     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150710827113     Document Type: Article

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