An integrated approach for shop floor configuration in fractal manufacturing systems

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-123

  Saad, Sameh M ^a   Lassila, Anna M ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal cells; Fractal manufacturing systems; Optimisation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744463636     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2006.009496     Document Type: Article

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