Mighty MESs

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Qiu, Robin G ^a   Zhou, MengChu ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Discrete Event Systems Laboratory

Author keywords

Automation; Information system; Manufacturing; Manufacturing execution system

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEMS (MES);

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

FACTORY AUTOMATION;

EID: 11144356207     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2004.1275947     Document Type: Review

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