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Tool path optimization in layered manufacturing

PANG KING WAH Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clew Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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KATTA G. MURTY Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1205 Bed Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2117, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
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AJAY JONEJA Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clew Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong KongView further author information
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LEUNG CHI CHIU Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clew Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Pages 335-347 | Received 01 Mar 2000, Accepted 01 Apr 2001, Published online: 17 Apr 2007

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