A simple and effective component procurement policy for stochastic assembly systems

Queueing Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-248

  Gallien, JéRémie ^a   Wein, Lawrence M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly systems; Closure under maximization and translation; Gumbel distribution; Inventory policies; Maximum of random variables

Indexed keywords

QUEUEING THEORY; RIVETING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; INVENTORY POLICIES; PROCUREMENT POLICY; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; STOCHASTIC ASSEMBLY; UNSATISFIED DEMAND;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0035536034     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010914600116     Document Type: Article

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