The effects of scheduling flexibility on the performance of a flexible manufacturing system

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 217, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 899-918

  Chan, F T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dispatching rules; Flexible manufacturing system; Routeing decisions; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

DISPATCHING RULES; ROUTING DECISIONS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042659193     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544050360686789     Document Type: Article

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