A critical study and comparison of manufacturing simulation softwares using analytic hierarchy process

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-129

  Gupta, Ashu ^a   Singh, Kawaljeet ^b   Verma, Rajesh ^c  

^a Apeejay Institute of Management   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Evaluation; Rating; Selection; Simulation; Simulation Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953795212     PISSN: 18234690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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