TY  - JOUR
JF  - Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 8
Y1  - 2008///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-46149087785&doi=10.3923%2fjas.2008.2136.2141&partnerID=40&md5=e514c2ca89d6c1e7f950e421f0ff56bd
N1  - cited By 1
A1  - Shafeeq, A.
A1  - Mutalib, M.I.A.
A1  - Amminudin, K.A.
A1  - Muhammad, A.
SP  - 2136
AV  - none
N2  - Scheduling optimization normally aimed at minimizing makespan, leading to overall optimization of the production cost. This study focuses on determining the production sequence with minimum makespan for scheduling of a flowshop process using no intermediate storage (NIS) transfer policy. Unlike previous methods which uses mathematics considerably and lacks interactivity, the method introduces a simple approach based on matrix formulation to determine the makespan for all possible batch production sequences thus allowing simple screening to be done for selecting the optimal sequence. © 2008 Asian Network for Scientific Information.
SN  - 18125654
IS  - 11
KW  - Batch process; Matrix formulation; Minimizing makespan; No intermediate storages; Optimal sequence; Production sequences; Scheduling optimization; Transfer policies
KW  -  Batch data processing; Matrix algebra; Optimization; Production engineering; Scheduling algorithms
KW  -  Scheduling
TI  - Scheduling three stage flowshop processes with no intermediate storage using novel matrix approach
ID  - scholars457
EP  - 2141
ER  -