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The Economic Lot Scheduling Problem (ELSP): Review and Extensions Author(s): Salah E. Elmaghraby Source: Management Science, Vol. 24, No. 6 (Feb., 1978), pp. 587-598 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: /stable/2630834 Accessed: 29/05/2010 01:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=informs. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. INFORMS is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Management Science. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Vol. 24, No. 6, February 1978 Printed in U.S.A. THE ECONOMIC LOT SCHEDULING PROBLEM (ELSP): REVIEW AND EXTENSIONS* SALAH E. ELMAGHRABYt The ELSP is a time-honored problem that has been around since 1915. It is the problem of accommodating cyclical production patterns when several products are made on a single facility. Recent contributions to its resolut