Deterministic chaos in a model of discrete manufacturing

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Bartholdi, John J ^a   Eisenstein, Donald D ^b   Lim, Yun Fong ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bucket brigade; Chaos; Discrete production; Dynamical systems

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; BUCKET BRIGADE; BUCKET BRIGADES; CHAOS; CHAOTIC BEHAVIORS; DETERMINISTIC CHAOS; DISCRETE MANUFACTURING; DISCRETE PRODUCTION; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING IS; NATURAL EXTENSION; PRODUCTION LINE;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 67649802973     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20337     Document Type: Article

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