Optimization of buffer sizes in assembly systems using intelligent techniques

Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1157-1162

  Altiparmak, Fulya ^a   Dengiz, Berna ^a   Bulgak, Akif A ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;

PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS;

EID: 0036923468     PISSN: 02750708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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