A note on the relation between the product rate variation (PRV) problem and the apportionment problem

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1410-1414

  Bautista, JoaquÍn ^a   Companys, Ramon ^a   Coromina, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apportionment problem; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

APPORTIONMENT PROBLEM; PRODUCT RATE VARIATION PROBLEM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0030290247     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.177     Document Type: Article

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