Flowshop scheduling/sequencing research: a statistical review of the literature, 1952-1994

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-329

  Reisman, Arnold ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^b   Motwani, Jaideep ^b  

^a Reisman and Associates   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOWSHOP SCHEDULING/SEQUENCING RESEARCH;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0031212608     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.618173     Document Type: Article

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