Economic and Strategic Justification of Changeable, Reconfigurable and Flexible Manufacturing

Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 303-320

  Kuzgunkaya, O ^a   ElMaraghy, Hoda A ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demand Scenario; Fuzzy Membership Function; Machine Type; Manufacturing System; Real Option Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85151567390     PISSN: 18605168     EISSN: 21961735     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-067-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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