Nonparametric stochastic procedure for FMS evaluation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 529-538

  Talluri, Srinivas ^a   Whiteside, Mary M ^b   Seipel, Scott J ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033746866     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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