Optimal integrated production and inventory control of an assemble-to-order system with multiple non-unitary demand classes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-142

  ElHafsi, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Compound demand; Make to stock queues; Markov decision processes; Production and inventory control

Indexed keywords

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER; COMPOUND DEMAND; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 54049092532     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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