The four dimensional space-time paradigm is cohesive and inclusive, and better identifies the major constraints on goods and/or services production. It is intended to analyze and synthesize both the similarities and differences among industries and companies positioned in matrix categories, and...

This paper considers the production planning problem of a firm that produces a single product using a process that has multiple production lines (or machines) in parallel, each with a finite production capacity. Specifically, the firm has m parallel production lines, each with capacity of P...