Modelling of manufacturing systems complexity

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 363-366

  ElMaraghy, W H ^a   Urbanic, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Man machine systems; Manufacturing; Process; Product

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; HUMAN WORKER ATTRIBUTES; MANUFACTURING COMPLEXITY ASSESSMENT TOOL;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042844580     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)60602-7     Document Type: Article

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