An agent-based simulation of a JIT material handling system

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 220, Issue , 2006, Pages 67-78

  Hao, Qi ^a   Shen, Weiming ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FLOORS; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; ASSEMBLY PLANTS; MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY; MANUFACTURING WASTES; MATERIAL HANDLING; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; OBJECTIVE PARAMETERS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 33947171999     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36594-7_8     Document Type: Article

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