Fast high precision decision rules for valuing manufacturing flexibility

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-117

  Feurstein, Markus ^a   Natter, Martin ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Flexible manufacturing systems; Investment analysis; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005449236     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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