A simulation study of production task scheduling for a University Cafeteria

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 540-552

  Kuo, Chen Feng ^a   Nelson, Douglas C ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatching rules; Food service; Labor use; Makespan; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450069588     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965509347739     Document Type: Article

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