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Optimisation of flow-shop scheduling with batch processor and limited buffer

Qing Fu School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
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Appa Iyer Sivakumar School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore; Singapore–MIT Alliance, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
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Kunpeng Li Singapore–MIT Alliance, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore; School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2267-2285 | Received 04 Jun 2010, Accepted 16 Feb 2011, Published online: 27 Jul 2011

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