On the simultaneous optimization of server and work allocations in production line systems with variable processing times

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-443

  Hillier, Frederick S ^a   So, Kut C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

L PHENOMENON; MULTIPLE SERVER PHENOMENON;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030134777     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.3.435     Document Type: Article

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