Generating Pareto schedules with outsource and internal parallel resources

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 810-825

  Ruiz Torres, Alex J ^a   Ho, Johnny C ^a   López, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Machine utilization; Multi criteria; Number of late jobs; Outsourcing; Parallel machines; Pareto solutions; Scheduling; Supply chain scheduling

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; OUTSOURCING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MACHINE UTILIZATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; NUMBER OF LATE JOBS; PARALLEL MACHINES; PARETO SOLUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN SCHEDULING;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 33745864880     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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