Dealing with design options in the optimization of manufacturing systems: An evolutionary approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1081-1094

  Paris, J L ^a   Tautou Guillaume, L ^b   Pierreval, H ^a  

^a Lab d'Info Modelisation d'O   (France)

^b Equipe de Recherche en Intelligence Artificielle et Programmation sous Contraintes de l'IUT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE;

EVOLUTIONARY OPERATORS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION SIMULATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE CRITERION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035872166     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540010020054     Document Type: Article

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