Optimal level schedules for mixed-model, multi-level just-in-time assembly systems

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 1997, Pages 241-259

  Kubiak, Wieslaw ^a   Steiner, George ^b   Yeomans, Julian Scott ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 2242443603     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018985029260     Document Type: Article

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