Intelligent layout planning for rapid prototyping

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5607-5631

  Gogate, A S ^a   Pande, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

3D layout planning; Genetic algorithms (GA); Rapid prototyping (RP)

Indexed keywords

3D LAYOUT PLANNING; BUILD TIME; CAD MODELS; COMPOSITE PARTS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; HYBRID OBJECTIVES; LAYOUT PLANNING; LAYOUT PLANS; MULTIPLE PARTS; OPTIMAL LAYOUTS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; SEARCH STRATEGIES; STAIRCASE EFFECTS; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; TWO STAGE APPROACHES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; PINCH EFFECT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 65249179017     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701277002     Document Type: Article

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