A generalised framework for simulation-based decision support for manufacturing

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-534

  AlDurgham, Mohammed M ^a   Barghash, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Decision support; Framework; Manufacturing; Simulation; Simulation applications

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATERIALS HANDLING;

COMPUTATIONAL POWER; DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (DST); DECISION SUPPORTS; DISCRETE EVENTS; GENERAL (CO); MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES; MATERIAL HANDLING; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION-BASED; SYSTEMATIC (CO);

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 45849127255     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802187626     Document Type: Article

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