Development of an AI-based Rapid Manufacturing Advice System

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2261-2278

  Munguía, Javier ^a   Lloveras, Joaquim ^a   Llorens, Sonia ^b   Laoui, Tahar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CDEI   (Spain)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Process selection; Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL MANUFACTURING; DESIGN STAGE; MECHANICAL PARTS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; PILOT APPLICATIONS; PROCESS SELECTION; PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS; PRODUCTION PARAMETERS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; RELATIONAL DATABASE; RULE-BASED DECISION MAKING; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FUZZY INFERENCE; JOB ANALYSIS; MATLAB; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 77951128369     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802552675     Document Type: Article

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