Strategic configuration of flexible assembly systems: A single period approximation

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-390

  Peters, Brett A ^a   McGinnis, Leon F ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; SINGLE PERIOD APPROXIMATION METHOD;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032631424     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007673617731     Document Type: Article

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