Multi-level scheduling decisions in a class of fms using simulation based metamodels

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 591-602

  Sridharan, R ^a   Babu, A Subash ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing system; Meta modelling; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

METAMODELING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SLAMSYSTEM;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032097746     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600534     Document Type: Article

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