System level improvement using discrete event simulation

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-103

  Spedding, T A ^a   Chan, K K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Control charts; Simulation; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002648590     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710110365296     Document Type: Article

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