Optimal control structure of an unreliable manufacturing system with random demands

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 619-622

  Song, Dong Ping ^a   Sun, You Xian ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete event dynamic system (DEDS); Dynamic programming; Optimal control manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MANUFACTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISCRETE EVENT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; UNRELIABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033097183     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/9.751363     Document Type: Article

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