Using MLP networks to design a production scheduling system

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 821-832

  Feng, Shan ^a   Li, Ling ^b   Cen, Ling ^a   Huang, Jingping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Manufacturing; Multi layered perception; Operations management; Production activity scheduling

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 0037405170     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(02)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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