Manufacturing cells design with flexible routing capability in presence of unreliable machines

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 175-182

  Diallo, Mohamadou ^a,b   Pierreval, Henri ^c   Quilliot, Alain ^c  

^a IFMA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative routings; Machine breakdowns; Manufacturing cells; Markov chain; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MACHINE SHOPS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

UNRELIABLE MACHINES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035546139     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(01)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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