Design and operation of manufacturing systems: A controls-based synthesis

European Journal of Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 166-181

  Gershwin, S B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow lines; Hierarchy; Manufacturing systems; Scheduling; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

PROCESS CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FLOW LINES;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031337013     PISSN: 09473580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0947-3580(97)70076-1     Document Type: Article

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