Optimal threshold control for failure-prone tandem production systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 861-875

  Filliger, Roger ^a   Hongler, Max Olivier ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THROUGHPUT;

OPTIMAL THRESHOLD CONTROL; PRODUCTION FLOW DYNAMICS; TANDEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 23844510495     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590969870     Document Type: Article

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