A review and evaluation on constructive heuristics to optimise product mix based on the Theory of Constraints

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5936-5948

  Sobreiro, Vinicius Amorim ^a   Nagano, Marcelo Seido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

heuristics; product mix; Theory of Constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONSTRUCTIVE HEURISTIC; CPU TIME; HEURISTICS; KNAPSACK PROBLEMS; NP COMPLETE; PRODUCT MIX; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84867386025     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.638940     Document Type: Article

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