SPOT: Scheduling Programs Optimally for Television

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-102

  Reddy, Srinivas K ^a   Aronson, Jay E ^a   Stam, Antonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Networks; Integer Programming; Judgmental Models; Television Network Scheduling

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TELEVISION NETWORKS;

JUDGMENTAL MODELS; TELEVISION NETWORK SCHEDULING;

TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

EID: 0031654031     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.1.83     Document Type: Article

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