Managing warehousing in an agile supply chain environment: An F-AIS algorithm based approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6407-6426

  Kumar, V ^a   Mishra, N ^b,e   Chan, F T S ^c   Verma, A ^d  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agile; AIS; fuzzy; scheduling; supply chain; warehousing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; SCHEDULING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

AGILE; ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM ALGORITHMS; FUZZY; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; WAREHOUSE SCHEDULING; WAREHOUSING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053008148     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.528057     Document Type: Article

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