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The National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT) Framework prototype distributed manufacturing system that serves as a testbed and trial implementation for
Using Voluntary Standards in the Federal Government is a compilation of presentations given at a NIST-sponsored conference held on September 8, 1997. The
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Daniel M. Madrzykowski, G Roadarmel, Laurean A. DeLauter
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Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones
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Rebecca W. Portier, Richard Peacock, Walter W. Jones
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David Flater, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Evan K. Wallace
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Walter G. McDonough, Richard~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Parnas, Gale A. Holmes, Donald L. Hunston
The Polymers Division hosted the Workshop on Micromechanics Measurement Technologies for Fiber-Polymer Interfaces, jointly sponsored by NIST and the Textile
The need for standardized representations of product information which are suitable for electronic communication between engineering and manufacturing functions