Approximations of lead-time distributions in an assemble-to-order system under a base-stock policy

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Ko, Sung Seok ^a   Choi, Jin Young ^b   Seo, Dong Won ^c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assemble to order system; Base stock policy; Fork join network

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER; BASE STOCK POLICY; CLOSED-FORM FORMULAE; FORK-JOIN NETWORK; HEAVY TRAFFICS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; LEAD-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; POISSON ARRIVAL PROCESS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PRODUCTION TIME; SAMPLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; TRAFFIC INTENSITY;

EID: 77956410518     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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