Evaluation of entropy-based dispatching in flexible manufacturing systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 317-331

  Piplani, Rajesh ^a   Wetjens, Dennis ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispatching; Entropic measures of flexibility; Flexible manufacturing systems; Routing flexibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DISPATCHING; ENTROPIC MEASURES OF FLEXIBILITY; ROUTING FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748962343     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.06.066     Document Type: Article

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