The economics of air conditioning for precision manufacturing: A simulation model

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 182-192

  Khouja, Moutaz ^a   Shelnutt, J William ^a   Wilmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION THEORY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

PRECISION MANUFACTURING; USER-FRIENDLY MENU-DRIVEN SOFTWARE;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0031628583     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069810210475     Document Type: Article

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