Realised levels of geometric complexity in additive manufacturing

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-244

  Baumers, Martin ^a   Tuck, Chris ^a   Hague, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Geometric complexity; Layer manufacturing; Ordinal probit; Part complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957590935     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2011.040268     Document Type: Article

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