@article {IOPORT.01507987,
    author       = {Kamburowski, Jerzy},
    title        = {On three-machine flow shops with random job processing times.},
    year         = {2000},
    journal      = {European Journal of Operational Research},
    volume       = {125},
    number       = {2},
    issn         = {0377-2217},
    pages        = {440-449},
    publisher    = {Elsevier Science B.V.(North-Holland), Amsterdam},
    doi          = {10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00222-2},
    abstract     = {Summary: The paper deals with scheduling $n$ jobs on three machines in Johnson's flow shops. The job processing times are assumed to be independent random variables, and the problem is to minimize stochastically the makespan. Using a convenient makespan representation, we present sufficient conditions on the job processing time distributions which imply that the makespan becomes stochastically smaller when two adjacent jobs in a given job sequence are interchanged. They lead, in particular, to an extension of Talwar's rule known for two-machine stochastic flow shops with exponential job processing times. Extensions of other results are also included.},
    identifier   = {01507987},
}