Optimal robotic component placement

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1343-1354

  Broad, Kevin ^a   Mason, Andrew ^a   Ronnqvist, Mikael ^a   Frater, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Fisher and Paykel Electronics Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Production; Robotic component placement; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION; ROBOTICS;

SEQUENCING;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0030290248     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.170     Document Type: Article

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