Managing simple re-entrant flow lines: Theoretical foundation and experimental results

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 609-623

  Bispo, Carlos F ^a   Tayur, Sridhar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BASE STOCK POLICY; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; INFINITESIMAL PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION INVENTORY SYSTEM;

PLANT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035427201     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010902413978     Document Type: Article

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