Scheduling unbalanced cellular manufacturing systems with lot splitting

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 951-965

  Lockwood, William T ^a   Mahmoodi, Farzad ^b   Ruben, Robert A ^c   Mosier, Charles T ^b  

^a Cooper Industries ^*  (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBABILITY; SCHEDULING;

LOT SPLITTING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034628952     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400189239     Document Type: Article

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