Scheduling approaches for random job shop flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1053-1067

  Hutchison, Jim ^a   Leong, Keong ^a   Snyder, David ^a   Ward, Peter ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY - RANDOM PROCESSES; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING - OPTIMIZATION;

DISPATCHING RULES; FMS; RANDOM JOB SHOP ENVIRONMENT; ROUTING FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026155862     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549108930119     Document Type: Article

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