Integration of uncertain and imprecise orders in the MRP method

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-234

  Grabot, Bernard ^a   Geneste, Laurent ^a   Reynoso Castillo, Gabriel ^a,b   Vérot, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fuzzy arithmetic; MRP; Possibility theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; RAW MATERIALS;

FUZZY ARITHMETIC; FUZZY MODELING; MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING (MRP); POSSIBILITY THEORY;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 17444389311     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-004-5890-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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