A pragmatic approach to the design of bullwhip controllers

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 556-568

  Zhou, Li ^a   Disney, Stephen ^b   Towill, Denis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APIOBPCS; Bullwhip; Control theory; Forecasting; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADDED UNCERTAINTY; APIOBPCS; BULLWHIP; DECISION MAKERS; LEADTIME; MODUS OPERANDI; PARAMETER SETTING; SHARP EDGES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TREND DETECTION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTROL THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FORECASTING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SYSTEM THEORY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78049239890     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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