Computational evaluation of hierarchical production control policies for stochastic manufacturing systems

Operations Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 258-274

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HEURISTIC METHODS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

KANBAN CONTROLS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031099719     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.45.2.258     Document Type: Article

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