Article ID: | iaor1988997 |
Country: | Switzerland |
Volume: | 17 |
Start Page Number: | 139 |
End Page Number: | 161 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1989 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Sethi S.P., Sriskandarajah C., Ladet P. |
Keywords: | production: FMS |
Scheduling methods are proposed for a class of flexible manufacturing systems consisting of machine centers served by a cyclic conveyor. The minimization of finish time is considered as the optimization criterion. An optimal algorithm is proposed for the minimum conveyor speed (