On discrete lot streaming in no-wait flow shops

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Chen, Jiang ^a   Steiner, George ^b  

^a Procket Networks Inc   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SCHEDULING;

LOT STREAMING; MULTISTAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; NO WAIT FLOW SHOPS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037322968     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170304379     Document Type: Article

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