Optimal design for flexible manufacturing systems: generalized analytical methods

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 965-976

  Lee, Heungsoon Felix ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING NETWORKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT;

BATCH SIZE; MACHINE GROUPS; WORKLOAD ALLOCATION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033331765     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007627532155     Document Type: Article

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