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Parallel Sequencing and Assembly Line Problems

Published: 01 December 1961 Publication History

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This paper deals with a new sequencing problem in which n jobs with ordering restrictions have to be done by men of equal ability. Assume every man can do any of the n jobs. The two questions considered in this paper are 1 How to arrange a schedule that requires the minimum number of men so that all jobs are completed within a prescribed time T, and 2 if m men are available, arrange a schedule that completes all jobs at the earliest time.

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[1]
L R FORD, JB AND D R FULKERSON, Flows in Networks, Chap 2, Sec 9 forthcoming, Princeton Univ Press, 1961.
[2]
S M JOHNSON, "Optimal Two- and Three-Stage Production Schedules with Setup Times Included," Naval Res Log Quart 1, 61-68 (1954).

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cover image Operations Research
Operations Research  Volume 9, Issue 6
December 1961
170 pages

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Linthicum, MD, United States

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Published: 01 December 1961

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