Eliminating redundant columns in continuous tour scheduling problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 518-525

  Brusco, Michael J ^a   Jacobs, Larry W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Scheduling theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINUOUS TOUR SCHEDULINGS; REDUNDANT COLUMNS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0032316590     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00387-1     Document Type: Article

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