Model structure and solution procedures for variable sublots of a single product in a flow shop

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-564

  Liu, Shu Chu ^a   Liu, Tai Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow shop; Heuristic solutions; Lot splitting; Lot streaming; Variable sublots

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS;

FLOW SHOP; LOT SPLITTING; LOT STREAMING; VARIABLES SUBLOTS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 24644484732     PISSN: 10170669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10170660309509260     Document Type: Article

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