A strategic investment model for phased implementation of flexible manufacturing systems

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-344

  Lamar, B W ^a   Lee, A ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Network optimization; Planning problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963662372     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1999.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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