Proposal and evaluation of a KBE-RM selection system

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 236-246

  Munguia, Javier ^a   Bernard, Alain ^b   Erdal, Merve ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Knowledge engineering; Manufacturing systems; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS; COST ESTIMATIONS; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ENGINEERING; LOGICAL PLANNING; LOW-VOLUME PRODUCTION; MACHINERY DESIGN; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MATERIALS SELECTION; MECHANICAL PARTS; MODULAR DESIGNS; PARAMETRIC METHOD; PART COST; PROCESS SELECTION; PRODUCT COSTING; RAPID PROTOTYPE; RELATIONAL DATABASE; SELECTION SYSTEMS;

COST ACCOUNTING; EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MACHINERY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RATING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 79959626535     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111138351     Document Type: Article

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