Optimizing VVT strategies: A decomposition approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 965-974

  Barad, M ^a   Engel, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Break even analysis; Quality control; Risk assessment; Taguchi's loss function

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS; TAGUCHI LOSS FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748416641     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602077     Document Type: Article

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