Control policies for multi-product multi-stage manufacturing systems: An experimental approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 201-223

  Amin, M ^a   Altiok, T ^b  

^a Sea Land Service Inc   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DYNAMIC PRIORITY STRUCTURES; FINITE CAPACITY WAREHOUSE; MULTIPRODUCT MULTISTAGE PULL TYPE PRODUCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030784108     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497196055     Document Type: Article

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