Evaluation of routing flexibility of a flexible manufacturing system using simulation modelling and analysis

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 273-289

  Joseph, O A ^a   Sridharan, R ^b  

^a KMCT College of Engineering   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing system; Fuzzy logic; Routing flexibility; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; MEAN FLOW TIME; MEAN QUEUE LENGTHS; MEAN TARDINESS; PROCESSING TIME; ROUTING EFFICIENCY; ROUTING FLEXIBILITY; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NETWORK ROUTING; ROUTING ALGORITHMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79960994342     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-011-3153-5     Document Type: Article

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