A DES approach for the contextual load modelling of supply chain system for instability analysis

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-563

  Saad, Nordin ^a   Kadirkamanathan, Visakan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual load model; Decision support system (DSS); Discrete event simulation (DES); Inventory control policy; Pseudo PID; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTEXTUAL LOAD MODELS; DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION (DES); INVENTORY CONTROL POLICY; PSEUDO PID;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33744540994     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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