Production control and combined discrete/continuous simulation modeling in failure-prone transfer lines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5667-5685

  Lavoie, P ^a   Kenn, J P ^a   Gharbi, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Manufacturing systems control; Optimal control; Simulation; Stochastic control; Transfer lines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM); TRANSFER LINES;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 36248994722     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600920868     Document Type: Article

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