Transfer line design with uncertain machine performance information

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 581-587

  Feit, Eleanor McDonnel ^a   Wu, S David ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; ESTIMATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ASSEMBLY LINE; INFORMATION GATHERING; INFORMATION UNCERTAINTY; PRODUCTION LINE; THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE; TRANSFER LINE DESIGN;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034291568     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.880807     Document Type: Article

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