Infinite horizon production scheduling in time-varying systems under stochastic demand

Operations Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-115

  Cheevaprawatdomrong, Torpong ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming: applications; Production scheduling: applications, approximations

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS; TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 10844229483     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1030.0080     Document Type: Article

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