A cutting stock and scheduling problem in the copper industry

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-47

  Hendry, L C ^a   Fok, K K ^a   Shek, K W ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutting stock problem; Heuristics; Integer programming; Production; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

CUTTING STOCK PROBLEM;

COPPER FOUNDRY PRACTICE;

EID: 0029755275     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.4     Document Type: Article

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