Multilevel intelligent scheduling and control system for an automated flow shop manufacturing environment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-168

  Monfared, M A S ^a   Yang, J B ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated flow shop; Control; Fuzzy logic; Intelligent systems; Neutral nets; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; REAL-TIME ADAPTATION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844603811     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540412331282033     Document Type: Article

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