Measuring and designing flexibility as a generalized service degree

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Schneeweiss, Ch ^a   Schneider, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hierarchical planning; Inventory theory; Multi criteria decision making; Service degree

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

GENERALIZED SERVICE DEGREE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032752978     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00380-9     Document Type: Article

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