Editing Theory of constraints (section)

===Claimed suboptimality of drum-buffer-rope===
While TOC has been compared favorably to linear programming techniques,<ref>
{{cite journal |doi = 10.1049/me:20020411 |first1 = Mabel |last1 = Qui |first2 = Lawrence |last2 = Fredendall |first3 = Zhiwei |last3 = Zhu |title = TOC or LP? [production control] |journal = Manufacturing Engineer|volume = 81 |issue = 4 | year = 2002| pages = 190–195 |doi-broken-date = 7 December 2024 }}
</ref> D. Trietsch from University of Auckland argues that DBR methodology is inferior to competing methodologies.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Trietsch | first1 = D. | year = 2005 | title = From Management by Constraints (MBC) to Management By Criticalities (MBC II) | url = http://ac.aua.am/trietsch/web/MBC_to_MBC_II.pdf | journal = Human Systems Management | volume = 24 | pages = 105–115 | doi = 10.3233/HSM-2005-24109 }}</ref><ref>http://ac.aua.am/trietsch/web/WorkingPaper281.pdf D. Trietsch, From the Flawed "Theory of Constraints" to Hierarchically Balancing Criticalities (HBC), Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Auckland, Working Paper No. 281, May 2004.</ref> Linhares, from the [[Fundação Getúlio Vargas|Getulio Vargas Foundation]], has shown that the TOC approach to establishing an optimal product mix is unlikely to yield optimum results, as it would imply that [[P = NP problem|P=NP]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi = 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.04.023 |first1 = Alexandre |last1 = Linhares |title = Theory of constraints and the combinatorial complexity of the product-mix decision |journal = International Journal of Production Economics|volume = 121 |issue = 1 | year = 2009| pages = 121–129 }}</ref>