ICMESE: Intelligent consultant system for material handling equipment selection and evaluation

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 325-333

  Park, Yang Byung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AHP; Knowledge based expert system; Material handling equipment; MCDM; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001532342     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6125(96)84195-1     Document Type: Article

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