Matsuo, Hirofumi; Shang, Jen S.; Sullivan, Robert S. - In: Management Science 37 (1991) 5, pp. 587-606
This paper addresses a crane scheduling and machine layout problem in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Environment. A single crame is used to move all the Work-in-Process (WIP) in the system. The overall system objective is to maximize the yield rate subject to the flow time limit of...