Discrete lot streaming in two-machine flow shops

INFOR Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-173

  Chen, Jiang ^a,b,c,d   Steiner, George ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^d Nortel

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g Loránd Eötvös Univ ^*

^h Mgmt Sci and Info Systems Area   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

DISCRETE LOT STREAMING; FLOW SHOPS; MULTISTAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032668182     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.1999.11732378     Document Type: Article

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