Downsizing production/operations with multi-objective programming

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-91

  Schniederjans, Marc J ^a   Hoffman, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Goals; Methodology; Production planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033484242     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910244241     Document Type: Article

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