Rapid Prototyping Job Scheduling Optimization

Today's commercial rapid prototyping systems (i.e., solid freeform fabrication, layered manufacturing) rely on human intervention to load and unload build jobs. Hence, jobs are processed subject to both the machine's and the operator's schedules. In particular, first-in-first-out (F...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu, Yingxiang
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35845
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292001-102749/