Theory of constraints product mix optimisation based on immune algorithm

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4521-4543

  Wang, J Q ^a   Sun, S D ^a   Si, S B ^a   Yang, H A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immune algorithm (IA); Product mix optimisation; Theory of constraints (TOC)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY CONSTRAINED RESOURCE; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; GLOBAL CONVERGENCE; IMMUNE ALGORITHM; IMMUNE ALGORITHMS; IMMUNE MECHANISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; INTELLIGENT SEARCH ALGORITHM; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PRODUCT MIX; SEARCHING ABILITY; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SIMULATION RESULT; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LINEARIZATION; SIMULATORS; TABU SEARCH;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70449625142     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540801975026     Document Type: Article

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