Multi-period planning and uncertainty issues in cellular manufacturing: A review and future directions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 281-309

  Balakrishnan, Jaydeep ^a   Cheng, Chun Hung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Facilities planning and design; Flexibility; Manufacturing; Product life cycle; Robustness

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN; FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; TAXONOMY;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33750466515     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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