Effect of workstation loading on the objective of the systems's entry policy in FMS

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-304

  Doulgeri, Z ^a   Kehris, E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SERRES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

WORKSTATION LOADING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037616527     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060310463235     Document Type: Article

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