Database driven simulation/simulation-based scheduling of a job-shop

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-45

  Koh, Kwang Hang ^a   De Souza, Robert ^b   Ho, Nai Choon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Database; Job shop; Scheduling; Simulation; Simulation based scheduling

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MACHINE SHOPS; MACHINING CENTERS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHEDULING;

JOB SHOP; SIMULATION BASED SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0041539624     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4869(95)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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