Evaluation of plant focus strategies: A continuous approximation framework

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 303-327

  Dasci, Abdullah ^a   Verter, Vedat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous approximation; Facility design; Manufacturing strategy; Optimal market area; Technology selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844437823     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-005-2061-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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