A simulation study of fms tool allocation procedures

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 419-431

  Amoako gyampah, Kwasi ^a   Meredith, Jack R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Simulation; Tool allocation; Tool changes; Tool magazine capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002016604     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(97)83055-5     Document Type: Article

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