Analysis and estimation of complexity level in industrial firms

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-197

  Garbie, Ibrahim H ^a   Shikdar, Ashraf ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Complexity of manufacturing systems; Performance measurements

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE;

COMPLEXITY LEVELS; EXPECTED COMPLEXITY; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; GLOBAL RECESSION; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79960677761     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2011.041368     Document Type: Article

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