Bucket brigades revisited: Are they always effective?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-229

  Armbruster, Dieter ^a   Gel, Esma S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Bucket brigades; Dynamical analysis; Dynamics of production systems

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BUCKET BRIGADES; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 32544435941     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.044     Document Type: Article

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