Information requirements analysis for holonic manufacturing systems in a virtual environment

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 385-398

  Farahani Manesh, Hamed ^a   Schaefer, Dirk ^b   Hashemipour, Majid ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holonic manufacturing systems; Information requirements analysis; Virtual factory; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENTIRE SYSTEM; HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION MODELS; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SUPPORT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS; SET OF RULES; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL FACTORY; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79955571911     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2822-0     Document Type: Article

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