Overview
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A. Artiba
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FUCAM University, Mons, Belgium
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S. E. Elmaghraby
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Graduate Program in Operations Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- A. Artiba, S. E. Elmaghraby
Pages 1-9
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- H. D. Ratliff, W. G. Nulty
Pages 10-53
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- S. E. Elmaghraby, R. E. Karnoub
Pages 163-198
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- F. Alexandre, C. Cardeira, F. Charpillet, Z. Mammeri, M.-C. Portmann
Pages 301-336
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- A. A. B. Pritsker, K. Snyder
Pages 337-358
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Back Matter
Pages 359-367
About this book
If one accepts the premise that there is no wealth without production, whether at the individual or national level, one is immediately led to the conclusion that the study of productive systems lies at the forefront of subjects that should be intensively, as well as rationally and extensively, studied to achieve the desired 'sustainable growth' of society, where the latter is defined as growth in the quality of life that does not waste the available resources in the long run. Since the end of World War II there has been a remarkable evolution in thinking about production, abetted to a large measure by the nascent field of informatics: the computer technology and the edifices that have been built around it, such as information gathering and dissemination worldwide through communication networks, software products, peripheral interfaces, etc. Additionally, the very thought processes that guide and motivate studies in production have undergone fundamental changes which verge on being revolutionary, thanks to developments in operations research and cybernetics.
Reviews
This book gives a state-of-the-art report on modern approaches to problems of planning, scheduling and control of production systems, and in particular manufacturing systems - Lavoisier
Editors and Affiliations
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FUCAM University, Mons, Belgium
A. Artiba
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Graduate Program in Operations Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
S. E. Elmaghraby
