An Algorithm Based on Theory of Constraints and Branch and Bound for Solving Integrated Product-Mix-Outsourcing Problem

Subject Areas : Strategy

Esmaeil Mehdizadeh ¹ , Saeed Jalili ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch
2 - Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch

Received: 2016-10-09 Accepted : 2018-06-25 Published : 2019-03-01

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