CIM flexibility measures: A review and a framework for analysis and applicability assessment

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 296-308

  Barad, M ^a,b   Nof, S Y ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0038569275     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095119297131381     Document Type: Article

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