Optimal selection of robots by using distance based approach method

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Kumar, Rishi ^a   Garg, R K ^a  

^a DEENBANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Distance based approach; Optimized selection; Ranking; Robots

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION AIDS; DISTANCE-BASED; OPTIMAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZED SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; RANKING; ROBOT SELECTION; SELECTION PROBLEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79955532896     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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