Optimal design of stochastic production lines: A dynamic programming approach

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 891-903

  Donohue, Karen L ^a   Hopp, Wallace J ^a   Spearman, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATE FEEDBACK; STATE SPACE METHODS; THROUGHPUT;

STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION LINES;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036778710     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015736926725     Document Type: Article

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