Determination of number of kanbans in a supply chain system via Memetic algorithm

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-437

  Rabbani, M ^a   Layegh, J ^a   Mohammad Ebrahim, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Kanban; Memetic algorithm; Mixed integer non linear programming (MINLP); Supply chain system (SCS)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRANCH AND BOUND METHOD; CHAINS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

HEURISTIC; KANBAN; MEMETIC ALGORITHM; MIXED INTEGER NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING (MINLP); SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM (SCS);

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 60849118080     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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