Production scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system under random demand

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-102

  Sharafali, Moosa ^a   Co, Henry C ^b   Goh, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing system; Part family formulation; Polling systems

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL MIXING PROPORTIONS; PART-FAMILY FORMULATION; POLLING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; TOTAL AVERAGE COST;

COSTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION; VECTORS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442646633     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00300-X     Document Type: Article

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