Design of a web-based integrated material handling system for manufacturing applications

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-403

  Cho, Chiwoon ^a   Egbelu, Pius J ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Knowledge based; Material handling; Qualitative; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

QUALITATIVE; QUANTITATIVE;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 27844496088     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754042000268866     Document Type: Review

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