Cellular manufacturing using virtual cells

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 99-112

  Kannan, Vijay R ^a   Ghosh, Soumen ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Group technology; Job shop; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030535609     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579610113979     Document Type: Review

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