An investigation into programmable logic controller software design techniques in the automotive industry

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Hajarnavis, Vivek ^a   Young, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; Automative industry; Controllers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM APPLICATIONS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

BODY-IN-WHITE; CONTROL SYSTEM ARCHITECHTURES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 40349103406     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810849000     Document Type: Article

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