This paper presents research into applying virtual environment(VE)technology to supply chain management(SCM).Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to simulat...This paper presents research into applying virtual environment(VE)technology to supply chain management(SCM).Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to simulate processes and activities in supply chain management.This will enable those who are involved in these processes and activities to gain an intuitive understanding of them,so as to design robust supply chains and make correct decisions at the right time.A framework system and its hierarchical structure for visualising and simulating supply chains in virtual environments are reported and detailed in this paper.展开更多
This article first generalizes the basic engineering phases of modern rapid prototyping processes, and then describes the techniques of data capture for data modeling and model making. The article also provides a brie...This article first generalizes the basic engineering phases of modern rapid prototyping processes, and then describes the techniques of data capture for data modeling and model making. The article also provides a brief overview of the photogrametric techniques of restitution of 3D objects, and highlights the difficulties and limitations of existing methods. It therefore presents a novel approach to photo-modeling for acquiring 3D model data from single 2D photorealistic images. Implementation of the approach is then described against a effectiveness of photo-modeling practice. background of rapid prototyping processes to demonstrate the展开更多
基金This work is partially sponsored by the Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of the People's Republic of China.
文摘This paper presents research into applying virtual environment(VE)technology to supply chain management(SCM).Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to simulate processes and activities in supply chain management.This will enable those who are involved in these processes and activities to gain an intuitive understanding of them,so as to design robust supply chains and make correct decisions at the right time.A framework system and its hierarchical structure for visualising and simulating supply chains in virtual environments are reported and detailed in this paper.
基金This work is supported by Cheung Kong Scholars Program of the People's Republic of China, in association with Southeast University, Nanjing, PRC. (No.seuzx042001)
文摘This article first generalizes the basic engineering phases of modern rapid prototyping processes, and then describes the techniques of data capture for data modeling and model making. The article also provides a brief overview of the photogrametric techniques of restitution of 3D objects, and highlights the difficulties and limitations of existing methods. It therefore presents a novel approach to photo-modeling for acquiring 3D model data from single 2D photorealistic images. Implementation of the approach is then described against a effectiveness of photo-modeling practice. background of rapid prototyping processes to demonstrate the