Manufacturing systems configuration complexity

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 445-450

  ElMaraghy, H A ^a   Kuzgunkaya, O ^a   Urbanic, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Group technology; Manufacturing Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINING; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SCHEDULING;

CODING SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC MODELS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 21944440983     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)60141-3     Document Type: Article

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