Optimal feedback controls in deterministic dynamic two-machine flowshops

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 225-235

  Sethi, Suresh P ^a   Zhou, Xun Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity loss; HJB equation; Optimal feedback control; State constraint; Two machine flowshop

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010355050     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6377(96)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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