A Note on the Relation between the Product Rate Variation (PRV) Problem and the Apportionment Problem
这篇注记建立了混合模型装配线中的产品速率变化问题与分配问题之间的联系，从而可以将分配问题的性质和求解方法应用于产品速率变化问题，为后者提供新的解决思路。
This note establishes a connection between two problems that appear in different contexts: the Product Rate Variation (PRV) problem (sequencing units in a mixed-model assembly line in order to maximize the regularity of the sequence with regard to the output of units) and the apportionment problem. This allows us to apply to the PRV problem the properties of the apportionment problem and known procedures for solving it, and suggests alternative approaches to the former problem.