A concurrent approach to cell formation and assignment of identical machines in group technology

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2099-2114

  Wu, N ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MACHINE TOOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CELL FORMATION METHODS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; INTERCELL FLOWS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032143770     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075498192797     Document Type: Article

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