Operations Scheduling with Applications in Manufacturing and ServicesThis text provides coverage of scheduling for operations, both manufacturing and services. It includes: reservations systems; systems design; flexible system scheduling; workforce scheduling; and future scheduling issues such as Web-based systems. |
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