A Decentralized Approach to Estimate Activity-Based Costs and Near-Optimal Resource Allocation in Flexible Manufacturing Systems

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-193

  Gupta, Alok ^a   Stahl, Dale O ^b   Whinston, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Decentralization; Flexible manufacturing systems; Pricing; Simulation; Stochastic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

PRICING MECHANISM;

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031122186     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007919802284     Document Type: Article

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