A parallel station heuristic for the mixed-model production line balancing problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3095-3106

  Askin, R G ^a   Zhou, M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MIXED MODEL PRODUCTION LINE BALANCING PROBLEM; PARALLEL STATION HEURISTIC METHOD;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031270224     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497194309     Document Type: Article

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