Improvability of Assembly Systems II: Improvability Indicators and Case Study

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-393

  Chiang, S Y ^a   Kuo, C T ^b   Lim, J T ^c   Meerkov, S M ^a  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b TATUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assembly system; Bottleneck; Improvability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345795631     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X00001381     Document Type: Article

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