Production Optimization on the Flow Shop Scheduling Problem: A Simulation Study

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Farshid Salehi ¹ , Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi ² , Mohammad Mehdi Karami ³

1 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of Entrepreneurship, New Business Department, University of Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-06-29 Accepted : 2021-08-29 Published : 2021-05-01

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