Workload balancing in the manufacturing environment: A multicriteria trade-off analysis

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1459-1477

  Kuula, M ^a   Stam, A ^b,c   Leino, S ^d   Ranta, J ^d   Wallenius, J ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THROUGHPUT;

CUSTOM-DESIGNED MODEL-BASED DECISION TOOL SYSTEMS; MULTICRITERIA TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD BALANCING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033132503     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191085     Document Type: Article

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