A flexible approach to (re) configure flexible manufacturing cells

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 566-576

  Mohamed, Zubair M ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Flexible manufacturing cells; Flexible manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001642311     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00311-6     Document Type: Article

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