Performance of real-time distributed arrival time control in heterarchical manufacturing systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-331

  Prabhu, Vittaldas V ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DUE-DATE DEVIATIONS; HETERARCHICAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED ARRIVAL TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0034468359     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007643520025     Document Type: Article

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