Buffer sizing in manufacturing production systems with complex routings

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 440-452

  Lee, Shine Der ^a   Ho, Siu Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

COMPLEX MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036723371     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920110118786     Document Type: Article

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