Development of a simulation-based decision support system for controlling stochastic flexible job shop manufacturing systems

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 768-786

  Mahdavi, Iraj ^a   Shirazi, Babak ^a   Solimanpur, Maghsud ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Event condition action; Simulation data exchange; Simulation based control; Stochastic flexible job shop

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE JOB SHOPS; SIMULATION DATA; SIMULATION DATA EXCHANGE; SIMULATION-BASED; STOCHASTIC FLEXIBLE JOB SHOP;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77950298803     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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