Modeling an assembly line for configuration and flow management

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Lucertini, M ^a   Pacciarelli, D ^a   Pacifici, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS (FAS); FLOW MANAGEMENT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031995394     PISSN: 09515240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-5240(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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