A multi-criterion approach for Kanban allocations

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Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-493

  Andijani, A A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

AHP; Kanban allocations; MCDM; Serial production systems; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE THROUGHPUT; CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; KANBAN ALLOCATION; KANBANS; MCDM; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTI-STAGES; SERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; THROUGHPUT RATE;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

EID: 0032135154     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(98)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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