Simulation-based methodology for machine cell design

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-188

  Kamrani, Ali K ^a   Hubbard, Kevin ^b   Parsaei, Hamid R ^c   Leep, Herman R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTEGER/MIXED-INTEGER MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031621881     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00159-9     Document Type: Article

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