Cooperation in a distributed dual resource-constrained manufacturing system

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Bokhorst, Jos A C ^a   Slomp, Jannes ^a   Gaalman, Gerard J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Dual Resource Constrained (DRC) systems; Labour flexibility; Routing flexibility

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PERSONNEL;

DUAL RESOURCE CONSTRAINED (DRC) SYSTEMS; LABOR FLEXIBILITY; LOAD-ORIENTED COOPERATION (LC); ROUTING FLEXIBILITY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748434314     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2006.010084     Document Type: Review

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