Pure cycles in flexible robotic cells

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-343

  Gultekin, Hakan ^a   Ekin Karasan, Oya ^a   Akturk, M Selim ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellular automation; CNC; Flexible manufacturing systems; Industrial robots; Optimization; Production control

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CYTOLOGY; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CELL PARAMETERS; CELLULAR AUTOMATION; CNC; CNC MACHINING; CYCLE TIME; DECISION VARIABLE; DECISION VARIABLES; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DISTANCE MATRICES; FLOW SHOPS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MACHINE CELLS; NEW CLASS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESSING TIMES; PRODUCTION CONTROL; ROBOTIC CELLS; TRAVEL TIMES; TRAVELLING SALESMAN PROBLEM; WORST CASE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 52049112175     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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