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Entropic measures of manufacturing flexibility

VINOD KUMAR School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
Pages 957-966 | Received 01 Sep 1986, Published online: 23 Apr 2007
 
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Abstract

Axiomatic approach to develop an objective theory of flexibility in manufacturing system is presented. On the basis of some plausible axioms for a measure of flexibility, we suggest some information theoretie measures to quantify various types of flexibility. Four entropic measures are identified and the model illustrations for computations are given.

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