A comparative evaluation of ten manufacturing simulation packages

Journal of Computing and Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-32

  Hlupic, Vlatka ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Manufacturing simulation packages; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

CASE-STUDIES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EVALUATION; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING SIMULATION; SIMULATION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0004606456     PISSN: 13301136     EISSN: 18463908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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