Measures of grouping efficiency in cellular manufacturing systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 588-611

  Sarker, Bhaba R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BLOCK DIAGONALIZATION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034836746     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00419-1     Document Type: Article

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