Managing an assemble-to-order system with after sales market for components

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 828-841

  Elhafsi, Mohsen ^a   Hamouda, Essia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Dynamic programming; Markov chains; Markov decision process; Production inventory management

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURE; MARKOV CHAINS;

ASSEMBLE TO ORDER; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; FINITE PRODUCTION RATE; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INVENTORY RATIONING; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; STATE-DEPENDENT BASE STOCK;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84920508196     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.055     Document Type: Article

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