Dynamic production control in a serial line with process queue time constraint

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3823-3843

  Wu, Cheng Hung ^a   Lin, James T ^b   Chien, Wen Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Dynamic scheduling; Flexibility; Flexible manufacturing; Queueing systems; Stochastic methods

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; QUEUEING SYSTEM; QUEUEING SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; COST REDUCTION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THROUGHPUT;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77952621964     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902922836     Document Type: Article

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