Linking ergonomics simulation to production process development

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1968-1973

  Lind, Salla ^a   Krassi, Boris ^a   Viitaniemi, Juhani ^a   Kiviranta, Sauli ^a   Heilala, Juhani ^a   Berlin, Cecilia ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL HUMAN MODELS; JOINT SIMULATIONS; MOTION PREDICTIONS; NEURAL-NETWORK PROCESSING; PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGNS; SIMULATION MODELLING; UPDATED DATUM;

ERGONOMICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 60749130235     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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