A simulation-based optimization approach to size manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-266

  Feyzioglu O ^a,b   Pierreval, H ^b   Deflandre, D ^b  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Metamodelling; Multi objective; Resource sizing dimensioning; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BOOTSTRAP; METAMODELING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844475624     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754042000264617     Document Type: Article

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