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Scheduling to minimize the coefficient of variation

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  • De, Prabuddha
  • Ghosh, Jay B.
  • Wells, Charles E.

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  • De, Prabuddha & Ghosh, Jay B. & Wells, Charles E., 1996. "Scheduling to minimize the coefficient of variation," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(3), pages 249-253, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:proeco:v:44:y:1996:i:3:p:249-253
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    1. Vina Vani & M. Raghavachari, 1987. "Deterministic and Random Single Machine Sequencing with Variance Minimization," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 35(1), pages 111-120, February.
    2. Prabuddha De & Jay B. Ghosh & Charles E. Wells, 1992. "On the Minimization of Completion Time Variance with a Bicriteria Extension," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 40(6), pages 1148-1155, December.
    3. Linus Schrage, 1975. "Minimizing the Time-in-System Variance for a Finite Jobset," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 21(5), pages 540-543, January.
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