This study examines rapid prototyping, also referred to as new production launch, or ramp-up time. A strong emphasis on speed is vital for the success of a product development and market launch. Managers concern themselves with organizing ramp-up activities into arrayed sequences to achieve...

"This book presents a review on state-of-the-art research and growing trend for modeling and optimization of the various manufacturing processes, including EDM, ECM, AJM, LAM and similar processes. It explores different manufacturing processes, analytical models, optimization techniques, results...

"This cutting-edge book covers emerging, evolutionary and nature inspired optimization techniques in the field of advanced manufacturing. The complexity of real life advanced manufacturing problems often cannot be solved by traditional engineering or computational methods. Hence, in recent years...

"This book presents a review on state-of-the-art research and growing trend for modeling and optimization of the various manufacturing processes, including EDM, ECM, AJM, LAM and similar processes. It explores different manufacturing processes, analytical models, optimization techniques, results...