Modeling and analysis of machine sharing in manufacturing systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-73

  Benjaafar, Saifallah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batching; Flexible manufacturing; Machine sharing; Manufacturing systems; Setups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003373617     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00278-9     Document Type: Article

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