Lot streaming with attached setups in three-machine flow shops

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1075-1084

  Chen, Jiang ^a   Steiner, George ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION;

LOT STREAMING; MAKESPAN; SETUP TIMES; THREE MACHINE FLOW SHOPS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0032262156     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007563814941     Document Type: Article

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