Machine Sharing in Manufacturing Systems: Total Flexibility versus Chaining

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-378

  Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Benjaafar, Saifallah ^b   Gupta, Diwakar ^c  

^a i2 Technologies   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing; Machine flexibility; Queueing systems; Resource chaining

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; MACHINE FLEXIBILITY; MACHINE SHARING; QUEUEING SYSTEMS; RESOURCE CHAINING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUEUEING THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; BENCHMARKING; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

MACHINE-SHARING CONFIGURATIONS; RESOURCE CHAINING METHODS;

EID: 0032184296     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008057504351     Document Type: Article

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