Bucket brigades with worker learning

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 264-274

  Armbruster, Dieter ^a   Gel, Esma S ^b   Murakami, Junko ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bucket brigades; Dynamical analysis; Dynamics of production systems

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THROUGHPUT;

BUCKET BRIGADES; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; STATIONARY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33748982365     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.06.052     Document Type: Article

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