On the allocation of uncertainty-reduction effort to minimize total variability

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 403-407

  Gerchak, Yigal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MEAN-PRESERVING TRANSFORMATIONS;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033906536     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007684508293     Document Type: Article

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