Identifying the composition of a cellular manufacturing system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2471-2488

  Amlrahmadi, F ^a   Choobineh, F ^b  

^a Doboy Packaging Machinery Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MACHINERY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

CELL COMPOSITION; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INTERCELL TRANSFER COSTS; PART MACHINE INCIDENCE MATRIX;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030244160     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549608905039     Document Type: Article

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