Methodology for dynamic scheduling and control in biological manufacturing systems

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-286

  Saad, Sameh M ^a   Lassila, Anna M ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological manufacturing systems; Dynamic scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MANUFACTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MANUFACTURING; BIOLOGICAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DECENTRALISED SCHEDULING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS; SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 77951230079     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2010.031961     Document Type: Article

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