Optimal configuration of assembly supply chains using analytical target cascading

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6883-6907

  Qu, Ting ^a   Huang, George Q ^a   Cung, Van Dat ^b   Mangione, Fabien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LABORATOIRE G SCOP   (France)

Author keywords

analytical target cascading; autonomous decision systems; distributed problem solving; supply chain configuration

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TARGET CASCADING; ATC TECHNIQUES; AUTONOMOUS DECISION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION SYSTEMS; DECISION VARIABLES; DISCRETE DECISION VARIABLES; DISTRIBUTED PROBLEM SOLVING; DYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMALITY; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; SEPARATE ELEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 78349281203     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903307631     Document Type: Article

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