Buffer sizing in complex cellular manufacturing systems

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 937-948

  Lee, Shine Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUFFER SIZING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034256752     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002077200412096     Document Type: Article

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