Analysis of local decision rules in a dual-kanban flow shop

Decision Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-211

  Ardalan, Alireza ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow shops; Just in time systems; Kanban policy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031529082     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01307.x     Document Type: Article

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