A visual interactive multicriteria decision analysis model for FMS design

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 848-857

  Borenstein, D ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Ciencias Administrativas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

FMS design; Multicriteria decision analysis; Visual interactive modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MULTICRITERION DECISION ANALYSIS; VISUAL INTERACTIVE MODELING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032303765     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01350769     Document Type: Article

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