Machine Layout with a Linear Single-Row Flow Path in an Automated Manufacturing System

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Ho, Ying Chin ^a   Moodie, Colin L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated Manufacturing System; Flow Line Analysis; Machine Layout; Simulated Annealing

Indexed keywords

FACTORY AUTOMATION; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

FLOW LINE ANALYSIS; MACHINE LAYOUT;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031653548     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(98)80006-X     Document Type: Article

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