Modelling multi-stage manufacturing systems for efficient scheduling

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-338

  Charalambous, Christoforos ^a   Tahmassebi, Turaj ^b   Hindi, Khalil ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

METAHEURISTIC SEARCH; MULTI-STAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033903653     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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