On range and response: Dimensions of process flexibility

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 711-724

  Chou, Mabel C ^a   Chua, Geoffrey A ^b   Teo, Chung Piaw ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Facility planning: design; Probability: renewal processes; Production: process flexibility

Indexed keywords

DEMAND VARIABILITY; FACILITY PLANNING; FACILITY PLANNING: DESIGN; IMPROVING SYSTEMS; LOWER BOUNDS; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCTION COST; RANGE DIMENSION; RENEWAL PROCESS; RESPONSE FLEXIBILITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TWO-DIMENSION;

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 77955550723     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.05.038     Document Type: Article

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