Productivity and optimization of section-based automated lines of parallel-serial structure with embedded buffers

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 5-8, 2013, Pages 651-655

  Usubamatov, Ryspek ^a   Alwaise, A M Ahmed ^a   Zain, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automated line; Optimisation; Productivity; Sections

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; AUTOMATED LINES; AUTOMATED PRODUCTIONS; LIMITED CAPACITY; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMISATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; SECTIONS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84860583141     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4204-2     Document Type: Article

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