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... sensors in inspection and analysis are highlighted. Possible approaches to fuse complementary multimodal sensor data are discussed. We conclude with possible directions for the future development of multimodal inspection systems. 15 09 2005 05 09 2006 inspection industrial engineering...

...P. O’B Holt; J. M Ritchie ,; P. N. Day ,; J. E. L. Simmons ,; G. Robinson ,; G. T. Russell ,; F. M. Ng In recent years there have been moves in industrial engineering towards greater automation through intelligent systems and this has resulted in replacing human expertise. In many cases...

... . Manuscript received October 2003; Revised March 2004. Guest Editor: J. Oliver. 01 October 2003 01 March 2004 28 05 2004 grinding machines machining machine tools simulation industrial engineering Operator training of hand grinding operations is a relatively unexplored...

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...James Oliver,, Guest Editor 28 05 2004 industrial engineering virtual reality display devices product development manufacturing processes Like many emerging technologies, virtual reality (VR) has overcome the excitement and hyperbole of its early promise and matured...

... industrial engineering Structure sharing means fulfilment of several functions or functional properties by the same physical structure. The concept was popularized in 1 , using the term ‘function sharing’ to describe it. Structure sharing is an important concept in product design, and is often...