Evaluating and selecting investments in industrial robots

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4157-4178

  Braglia, Marcello ^a   Petroni, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING PROCESS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033339851     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499189718     Document Type: Article

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