Sensitivity analysis of machine interference in manufacturing systems

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 753-764

  Bahnasawi, Ahmed A ^a,c   Mahmoud, Magdi S ^b   Eid, Shawki Z ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c King Khalid Military Academy   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MACHINE INTERFERENCE; RANDOM MACHINE STOPPAGES;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030244467     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-8352(96)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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