Reliability optimisation of flexible manufacturing systems with spare tooling

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-77

  Altumi, A A ^a   Philipose, A M ^a   Taboun, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Nonlinear integer programming; Reliability optimisation; Spare requirements; Tool sharing

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; TOOLS;

NONLINEAR INTEGER PROGRAMMING; RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION; SPARE REQUIREMENTS; TOOL SHARING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034808170     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700170211     Document Type: Article

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