Metrics for evaluating distributed manufacturing control systems

Computers in Industry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-235

  Brennan, Robert W ^a   Norrie, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed control systems; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PERFORMANCE METRICS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038481273     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(03)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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