Optimal component assignment and board grouping in printed circuit board manufacturing

Operations Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 675-689

  Hillier, Mark S ^a   Brandeau, Margaret L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESSING;

BOARD GROUPING; GENERAL OPERATION ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL COMPONENT ASSIGNMENT; SEMIAUTOMATED INSERTION MACHINES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0032156048     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.46.5.675     Document Type: Article

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