Optimal control of a nested-multiple-product assemble-to-order system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5367-5392

  Elhafsi, Mohsen ^a   Camus, Herve ^b   Craye, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Make to stock queues; Markov decision processes; Nested assembly structure; Production and inventory control

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER; BASE-STOCK LEVEL; COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING; COST PER UNIT; INVENTORY ALLOCATION; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MULTI-LEVEL; NESTED DESIGN; NESTED-ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE; ON-HAND INVENTORY; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; POISSON PROCESSES; PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION FACILITIES; PRODUCTION RATES;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 52149095192     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802273751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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