CHESS: A methodology for resolving scheduling and dispatch problems in FMSs

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-43

  Toncich, Dario J ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispatch; FMS; Heuristics; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL HEURISTIC EMBEDDED SYSTEM SIMULATOR; DISPATCH; LOOK AHEAD DISTANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; SCHEDULING; SIMULATORS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029755529     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00167799     Document Type: Article

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