Minimising makespan on parallel machines with precedence constraints and machine eligibility restrictions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1639-1651

  Hu, Xiaofeng ^a   Bao, Jin Song ^a   Jin, Ye ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Machine eligibility; Parallel machine; Precedence constraints; Scheduling; Shipbuilding

Indexed keywords

LOWER BOUNDS; MACHINE ELIGIBILITY; MACHINE ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS; MACHINE LOADS; MAKESPAN; PARALLEL MACHINE; PARALLEL MACHINE-SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINERY; SHIPBUILDING; SHIPS; SHIPYARDS;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 74549151667     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802620779     Document Type: Article

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