Combining optimisation and simulation for steel production scheduling

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-210

  Appelqvist, Patrik ^a   Lehtonen, Juha Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Production metallurgy; Production scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; METALLURGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTION METALLURGY; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING PROBLEM; SIMULATION MODELS;

STEEL;

EID: 13844256138     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380510576831     Document Type: Article

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