Hierarchical production control in a stochastic N-machine flowshop with long-run average cost

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 285-309

  Sethi, Suresh P ^a   Zhang, Hanqin ^b   Zhang, Qing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical control; Long run average cost; Manufacturing systems; Optimal control; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311173     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.7047     Document Type: Article

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