Minimizing the sum of flow times with batching and delivery in a supply chain

The aim of this thesis is to study one of the classical scheduling objectives that is of minimizing the sum of flow times, in the context of a supply chain network. We consider the situation that a supplier schedules a set of jobs for delivery in batches to several manufacturers, who in tum have to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazdeh, Mohammad Mahdavi
Other Authors: Hindi, K. : Sarhadi, M.
Published: Brunel University 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422450