Loading algorithms for flexible manufacturing systems with partially grouped machines

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Lee, Dong H O ^a,b   Kim, Yeong Dae ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MACHING GROUPING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033640418     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007651329917     Document Type: Article

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