Fuzzy estimation for manufacturing flexibility

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3605-3617

  Van Hop, N ^a   Ruengsak, K ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fuzzy; Manufacturing flexibility

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 27844562758     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500142878     Document Type: Article

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