An advanced modeling & simulation tool for investigating the behavior of a manufacturing system in the hazelnuts industry sector

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-257

  Bruzzone, Agostino G ^a   Longo, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; Industrial plants; Modeling Simulation; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MODELING; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; INDUSTRY SECTORS; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; JAVA-BASED SIMULATION; MULTIPLE PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION MANAGER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; TOOLS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84888106794     PISSN: 21945764     EISSN: 15563758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2013-0039     Document Type: Article

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