Simulation-based metamodels for the analysis of scheduling decisions in a flexible manufacturing system operating in a tool-sharing environment

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 341-355

  Suresh Kumar, N ^a   Sridharan, Rajagopalan ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing system; Metamodels; Regression; Simulation; Tool sharing

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; MEAN FLOW TIME; MEAN INTER-ARRIVAL TIME; MEAN TARDINESS; META MODEL; PART SCHEDULING; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; REGRESSION; SCHEDULING DECISIONS; SCHEDULING RULES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION-BASED; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78149467080     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2603-9     Document Type: Article

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