Manufacturing cells design with alternative process plans and/or replicate machines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 707-720

  Sofianopoulou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PLANT LAYOUT; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

OPERATION SEQUENCE CONSTRAINT; REPLICATE MACHINES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033080247     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191742     Document Type: Article

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