The TOC-based algorithm for solving multiple constraint resources: A re-examination

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-146

  Wang, Jun Qiang ^a   Zhang, Zhong Tian ^a   Chen, Jian ^b   Guo, Yin Zhou ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Sun, Shu Dong ^a   Qu, Ting ^c,d   Huang, George Q ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heuristic algorithm; product mix optimization; theory of constraints (TOC)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); HEURISTIC APPROACH; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCT MIX; RANKING APPROACH; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84893757536     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2013.2264830     Document Type: Article

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