Simulation for constrainted optimization of inventory system by using Arena and OptQuest

Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, CSSE 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 202-205

  Wan, Jie ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arena; Inventoty system; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARENA; BRUTE FORCE; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; INVENTORY MODELS; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; INVENTOTY SYSTEM; KKT CONDITION; LEADTIME; OPTIMAL ESTIMATOR; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SAMPLE SIZES; SERVICE LEVEL CONSTRAINT; SIMULATION;

ESTIMATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79751529350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSSE.2008.1217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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