General behavior of pull production systems: the allocation problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 479-494

  Kirkavak, Nureddin ^a   Dinçer, Cemal ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT;

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PULL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; THROUGHPUT MAXIMIZATION;

PRODUCTION;

EID: 0343517759     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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