Evolvable assembly systems: Coping with variations through evolution

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Semere, D ^a   Onori, M ^a   Maffei, A ^a,b   Adamietz, R ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; LIFE CYCLE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EVOLVABILITY; EVOLVABLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABILITY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 42549150293     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810863707     Document Type: Article

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