Optimal design of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 461-466

  Nourelfath, Mustapha ^a   Ait kadi, Daoud ^b   Soro, Isaac ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation; Manufacturing systems; Optimization; Production rate; Reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0038683356     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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