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LOGISTICS OF PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY
Edited by S.C. Graves, A.H.G. Rinnooy Kan and P.H. Zipkin

CHAPTER 7
An Overview of Production Planning
L.J. Thomas and J.0. McClain

1. Introduction*

2. Cost tradeoffs in production planning

3. The relationship of aggregate planning to the economy and to detailed scheduling

4. Mathematical programming methods

5. Summary: Practical considerations and some research questions

References

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