Abstract
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) originated in the development of information processing, especially in connection with the control of machine tools. Parallel to this development, and to some extent independent of the automation of manufacturing processes in the 1950s, successful automation of intellectual routines by means of electronic data processing was also accomplished.
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Kochan, D. (1986). Introduction. In: Kochan, D. (eds) CAM. IFIP State-of-the-Art Reports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70272-3_1
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