Production scheduling with subcontracting: The subcontractor's pricing game

Journal of Scheduling

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Qi, Xiangtong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Game; Pricing; Scheduling; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

GAME; MACHINE TIME; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; SUBCONTRACTING; TARDINESS COST; UNIT PRICES;

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY; SCHEDULING;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84870565316     PISSN: 10946136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10951-012-0273-1     Document Type: Article

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