Flexibility analysis of two assembly lines

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Kurtoglu, A ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Modeling of flexibility; Product flexibility; Volume flexibility

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COSTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION;

MODELING OF FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT FLEXIBILITY; VOLUME FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842842999     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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