Locating sets of identical machines in a linear layout

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 1998, Pages 183-207

  Sarker, Bhaba R ^a   Wilhelm, Wilbert E ^b   Hogg, Gary L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backtracking; Machine locations; One dimension; Sets of identical machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032365065     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018973327327     Document Type: Article

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