A metaheuristic method for optimising inspection strategies in serial multistage processes

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-303

  Azadeh, Ali ^a   Sangari, Mohamad Sadegh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inspection strategy; SA; Serial multistage process; Simulated annealing; Total inspection cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956385984     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2010.035117     Document Type: Article

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