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Job/Customers Routing

Flexible Machining System (FMS)

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Flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) are networks of production systems that are linked by material handling systems (MHSs) that are controlled by a computer. The performance evaluation of FMSs with infinite local buffers was first presented by Solberg [7].

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Matsui, M. (2009). Job/Customers Routing. In: Manufacturing and Service Enterprise with Risks. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 125. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84804-4_14

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