Optimal feeding buffers for projects or batch supply chains by an exact generalization of the newsvendor result

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-637

  Trietsch, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Feeding buffers; Project scheduling; Supply chain management; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

FEEDING BUFFERS; PROJECT SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 30844459257     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500371881     Document Type: Article

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