Hierarchical production policies in stochastic two-machine flowshops with finite buffers

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 681-712

  Fong, N T ^a   Zhou, X Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymptotic optimal control; Constraint domain approximations; Convergence rates; Error estimates; Hierarchical production policy; Two machine flowshops; Unreliable machines; Weak lipschitz continuity

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ASYMPTOTIC OPTIMAL CONTROL; ASYMPTOTICS; CONSTRAINT DOMAIN APPROXIMATION; CONVERGENCE RATES; ERROR ESTIMATES; HIERARCHICAL PRODUCTION POLICY; LIPSCHITZ CONTINUITY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PRODUCTION POLICY; TWO-MACHINE FLOWSHOP; UNRELIABLE MACHINE; WEAK LIPSCHITZ CONTINUITY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0030535771     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02275355     Document Type: Article

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