A simple approach to the product rate variation problem via axiomatics

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Balinski, Michel ^a   Shahidi, Niousha ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Apportionment; Assembly systems; Just in time; Parametric methods; Production; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

PARAMETRIC METHODS;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032058055     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6377(98)00008-x     Document Type: Article

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