Constraint Theory

Constraint Theory is a managerial theory that identifies and addresses the limiting factor within a system—distinguished from other operational improvement frameworks by its focus on optimizing system performance through the systematic identification, exploitation, and elevation of bottlenecks to improve throughput and eliminate waste.

205

Publications

12.4K

Citations

412

Authors

252

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Theory Of ConstraintsToc

Parents

Bottleneck ManagementLean Process ImprovementOperations AnalysisProduction Lead Time ControlWaste Elimination

Publications

205

Forming impressions from stereotypes, traits, and behaviors: A parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory.

Ziva Kunda, Paul Thagard · Psychological Review · 1996 · 865 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Constraint theory, vector percolation and glass formation

J. Craig Phillips, M. F. Thorpe · Solid State Communications · 1985 · 721 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +16

Vowel Elision in Hiatus Contexts: Which Vowel Goes?

Roderic F. Casali · Language · 1997 · 485 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics +14

Conditional Functional Dependencies for Data Cleaning

Philip Bohannon, Wenfei Fan, Floris Geerts et al. · 2007 · 372 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Information Systems +17

Presymplectic manifolds and the Dirac–Bergmann theory of constraints

Mark J. Gotay, James M. Nester, George Libby Hinds · Journal of Mathematical Physics · 1978 · 333 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Differential Equations +14

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Authors

412

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Mathieu Bauchy
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
9 publications · 566 citations
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John C. Mauro
Corning (United States), United States
9 publications · 471 citations
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Morten M. Smedskjær
Aalborg University, Denmark
6 publications · 316 citations
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Yingtian Yu
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
4 publications · 264 citations
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Mahesh Gupta
University of Louisville, United States
4 publications · 336 citations
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Institutions

252

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Venues

International Journal of Production Research
8 publications · 264 citations
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
5 publications · 276 citations
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Managing Service Quality
MSQ · 5 publications · 186 citations
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Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
5 publications · 226 citations
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Physical Review Letters
PRL · 5 publications · 285 citations
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