Selection, acquisition, and allocation of manufacturing technology in a multi-period environment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 807-821

  Ahmed, Shabbir ^a   Sahinidis, Nikolaos V ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity expansion; Heuristics; Integer programming; Probabilistic analysis; Technology selection

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAPACITY EXPANSION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 40849142089     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.046     Document Type: Article

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