The Supplying Chain Scheduling with the Cost Constraint and Subcontracting

We propose an analytical scheduling model with subcontracting. Each job can be processed either on a single machine at a manufacturer or outsourced to a subcontractor, possibly at a higher cost. For a given set of jobs, the decisions the manufacturer needs to make include the selection of a subset o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guo Sun, Liying Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Operations Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/490987