A general framework for comparing operating policies in manufacturing cells

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-50

  Iyer, Anand ^a   Askin, Ronald G ^b  

^a 12 Technologies   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Labor allocation rules; Operating protocols; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032361513     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018929512306     Document Type: Article

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