Some effects of flexibility and dependability on cellular manufacturing system performance

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 491-494

  Albino, Vito ^a   Garavelli, A Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Dependability; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

LIMITED FLEXIBILITY;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032311652     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(98)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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