Kanban optimization by simulation and evolution

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 725-734

  Köchel, Peter ^a   Nieländer, Ulf ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Kanban systems; Optimal design; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATORS;

KANBAN SYSTEMS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0036937189     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728031000057334     Document Type: Article

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