Analysis of flexibility requirements under uncertain environments

Journal of Modelling in Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-214

  Pramod, M ^a   Garg, Suresh ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Product variants; Response flexibility; Simulation; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863151397     PISSN: 17465664     EISSN: 17465672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465660610715203     Document Type: Article

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