On control strategies in a multi-stage production system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1155-1171

  Zhao, Xiaobo ^a   Gong, Qiguo ^a   Wang, Jiancai ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY;

GENERALIZED SEMI-MARKOV PROCESS; KANBAN MECHANISM; MULTI-STAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STRATEGY ITERATION ALGORITHM; WORK-IN-PROCESS MECHANISMS;

PRODUCTION;

EID: 0037139690     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540110098454     Document Type: Article

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