Assembly time modelling through connective complexity metrics

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 955-967

  Mathieson, James L ^a   Wallace, Bradley A ^a   Summers, Joshua D ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; design for assembly; modelling

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ECODESIGN; GRAPH THEORY; MODELS;

AVERAGE PATH LENGTH; COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY METRICS; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; EARLY STAGE DESIGNS; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 84878836798     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2012.684706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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