Design of virtual manufacturing cells: A mathematical programming approach

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-288

  Slomp, Jannes ^a   Chowdary, Boppana V ^b   Suresh, Nallan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell design; Group technology; Layout; Virtual cellular manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CELL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT; SHOP PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 15744363251     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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