Integrated decision support for planning, scheduling, and dispatching tasks in a focused factory

Computers in Industry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-14

  McKay, Kenneth N ^a   Wiers, Vincent C S ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced planning and scheduling; Human planning; Production control

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HUMAN PLANNING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037238427     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(02)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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