Job routing and operations scheduling: A network-based virtual cell formation approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 673-681

  Sarker, B R ^a   Li, Z ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sweep method; Network; Scheduling; Virtual cell formation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; JOB ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING;

DOUBLE SWEEP METHOD; JOB ROUTING; OPERATIONS SCHEDULING; VIRTUAL CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035364433     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601137     Document Type: Article

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