Period batch control for group technology - An improved procedure

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Rachamadugu, Ram ^a   Tu, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PERIOD BATCH CONTROL; PRODUCTION CYCLES;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030733745     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(96)00054-x     Document Type: Article

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