An Evaluative Study of Operation Grouping Policies in an FMS

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-239

  Sabuncuoǧlu, Ihsan ^a   Lahmar, Maher ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation and disaggregation policies; Flexibility; Flexible manufacturing systems; Operation grouping

Indexed keywords

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOADING; MACHINE DESIGN; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MACHINE LOADS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344443735     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026369010026     Document Type: Article

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