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Heuristics for minimizing tool switches when scheduling part types on a flexible machine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-08)
This article considers a tool loading problem whose objective is to minimize the number of tool switches over time in order to process several parts on a flexible machine. New heuristics are presented and compared. Some ...
Production planning for flexible flow systems with limited machine flexibility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-07)
A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is highly capital-intensive and FMS users are concerned with achieving high system utilization. The production planning function for setting up an FMS prior to production should be ...
Noise smoothing for VR equipment in quaternions
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-07)
Smooth motion generation is an important issue in the computer animation and virtual reality (VR) area. In general, the motion of a rigid body consists of translation and orientation. The former is described by a space ...