Flow control in kanban based multicell manufacturing: II. Design of control systems and experimental results

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2413-2428

  Ramesh, R ^a   Prasad, S Y ^b   Thirumurthy, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

KANBAN CONTROL SYSTEMS; MULTICELL MANUFACTURING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031233937     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497194570     Document Type: Article

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