Selection of layered manufacturing techniques by an adaptive AHP decision model

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 450-461

  Armillotta, Antonio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Computer aided selection; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER AIDED SELECTION; DECISION MODEL;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 39749132347     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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