An integrated framework for reconfiguration of cellular manufacturing systems using virtual cells

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-393

  Saad, Sameh M ^a   Baykasoglu, Adil ^b   Gindy, Nabil N Z ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reconfiguration; Resource elements; Tabu search; Virtual cells

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMAL LOGIC; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL CELLS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036611049     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280210130478     Document Type: Article

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