Representation: Extracting mate complexity from assembly models to automatically predict assembly times

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 383-392

  Owensby, Eric ^a   Namouz, Essam Z ^a   Shanthakumar, Aravind ^a   Summers, Joshua D ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly time; Automated DFA; Design for assembly; DFA

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FORECASTING;

ASSEMBLY MODEL; ASSEMBLY TIME; AUTOMATED DESIGN; AUTOMATED DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; NEURAL-NETWORKS; RELATIONSHIP MODEL; SOLIDWORKS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 84884613928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-70995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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