Dispatching rail-guided vehicles and scheduling jobs in a flexible manufacturing system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-123

  Lee, Jim ^a   Maneesavet, Roonraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STATISTICAL METHODS; THROUGHPUT;

DISPATCHING; JOB SHOP SCHEDULING; RAIL-GUIDED VEHICLES (RGV);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032783936     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191959     Document Type: Article

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