Single machine scheduling with outsourcing allowed

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 623-634

  Lee, Ik Sun ^a   Sung, C S ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branch and bound; Outsourcing strategy; Single machine scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COST ACCOUNTING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; JOB ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

MANAGERIAL INSIGHTS; OUTSOURCING STRATEGY; SINGLE MACHINE SCHEDULING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 37349027573     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.02.036     Document Type: Article

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