Cell design and loading in the presence of alternative routing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3289-3304

  Lozano, S ^a   Guerrero, F ^a   Eguia, I ^a   Onieva, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTING; CELL FORMATION METHODS; MULTI-PERIOD LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032660342     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499190293     Document Type: Article

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