Optimal fixture locator adjustment strategies for multi-station assembly processes

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 843-852

  Chaipradabgiat, Thavanrath ^a   Jin, Jionghua ^b   Shi, Jianjun ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Dynamic programming; Fixture locator adjustment; Multi station assembly process; State space model

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; DEVIATION ERRORS; DIMENSIONAL CONTROL; DIMENSIONAL QUALITY; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LINEAR MODEL; LOCATING ERROR; MASS PRODUCTION; MULTISTATION ASSEMBLY PROCESS; PRODUCTION RUN; PROPAGATION EFFECT; QUALITY LOSS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; TOTAL PRODUCTION COST; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); LOCATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

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EID: 70749088520     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170902806870     Document Type: Article

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