Impact of forecasting error on the performance of capacitated multi-item production systems

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-219

  Xie, Jinxing ^a   Lee, T S ^b   Zhao, Xiande ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity constraint; Computer simulation; Forecasting error; Freezing parameters; Master production scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCHEDULING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; FORECASTING ERRORS; FREEZING PARAMETERS; MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULING (MPS); SCHEDULE INSTABILITY (SI); SERVICE LEVEL (SL);

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 2042547387     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2003.12.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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