A heuristic for solving manufacturing process and equipment selection problems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-374

  Chen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MACHINE TOOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SELECTION;

DYNAMIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT SELECTION; PROCESS SELECTION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032761926     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191814     Document Type: Article

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