Variance reduction in a process with random linear drift

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1523-1533

  Al Sultan, K S ^a   Al Fawzan, M A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES;

OPTIMAL PRODUCTION CYCLE; RANDOM LINEAR DRIFT; VARIANCE REDUCTION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031161828     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497195092     Document Type: Article

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