The enhanced use of enterprise and simulation modellingtechniques to support factory changeability

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-328

  Rahimifard, A ^a   Weston, R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIMOSA; Enterprise modelling; Process organization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

ENTERPRISE MODELING; MODELING TECHNIQUES; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS; PROCESS ORGANIZATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34147119589     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920600793220     Document Type: Article

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