A methodology for simultaneously dealing with machine duplication and part subcontracting in cellular manufacturing systems

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-116

  Logendran, Rasaratnam ^a   Ramakrishna, Parthasarathi ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMIZATION;

BOTTLENECK MACHINE; BOTTLENECK PART; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; MACHINE DUPLICATION;

HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0031076935     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(96)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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