Partitioning Work Centers for Group Technology: Analytical Extension and Shop‐Level Simulation Investigation

Decision Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 267-290

  Suresh, Nallan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Production Operations Management; Queuing Systems; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985788221     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1992.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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