Optimal threshold control of empty vehicle redistribution in two depot service systems

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Song, Dong Ping ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average cost; Threshold control; Transportation; Vehicle redistribution

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION;

AVERAGE COST; EMPTY VEHICLE REDISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD CONTROL;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 12944250778     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2004.841134     Document Type: Article

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