Simulation modeling and analysis: A collateral application and exposition of RFID technology

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 586-598

  Amini, Mehdi ^a   Otondo, Robert F ^b   Janz, Brian D ^a   Pitts, Mitzi G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Client Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process improvement; RFID; Simulation modeling and analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846297845     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2007.tb00282.x     Document Type: Article

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