Machine group selection in a flexible manufacturing cell using digraph and matrix methods

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 502-518

  Rao, R Venkata ^a  

^a SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

digraph and matrix methods; Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC); machine group selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749149746     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2006.010389     Document Type: Article

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