A stochastic programming approach to design the production system flexibility considering the evolution of the part families

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-67

  Tolio, Tullio ^a,b   Valente, Anna ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Manutacturing and Production Systems'   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fmss; Focused flexibility manufacturing systems; Manufacturing system design; Market uncertainties; Product evolution; Stochastic programming technique

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBILITY DEGREE; FLEXIBILITY MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FMSS; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; MARKET UNCERTAINTY; PRODUCT EVOLUTION; PRODUCTION PROBLEMS; SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 62449155926     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmtm.2009.023778     Document Type: Article

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