A note on productivity gains in flexible robotic cells

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-21

  Geismar, H Neil ^a   Sethi, Suresh P ^b   Sidney, Jeffrey B ^c   Sriskandarajah, Chelliah ^b  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible robotic cells; Robotic open shop; Scheduling; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY; MANUFACTURE; SCHEDULING; THROUGHPUT;

M-MACHINE FLEXIBLE CELL; MACHINE CELLS; ROBOTIC OPEN SHOP; SEQUENCING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33645007985     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-005-5991-7     Document Type: Article

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