A mixed-integer programming approach for the international facilities location problem

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 49-68

  Canel, Cem ^a   Khumawala, Basheer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilities management; International manufacturing; Mathematical programming; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030545907     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579610114077     Document Type: Review

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