Systemic and integrated approach to flexible manufacturing systems design

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-14

  Borenstein, Denis ^a   Becker, João Luiz ^a   Santos, Eduardo Ribas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTEGRATED DESIGN; MODELING TOOLS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033299213     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069910370639     Document Type: Article

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