The effect of finite buffers on the optimal safety stock for unreliable systems

Proceedings - 6th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, WODES 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 349-354

  Giordano, M ^a   Martinelli, F ^a   Valigi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite Buffers; Hedging Point Policies; Manufacturing Systems; Optimization; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; FINITE BUFFER; FINITE CAPACITY; FLUID APPROXIMATION; HEDGING POINT; INFINITE BUFFER; INFINITE HORIZONS; UNRELIABLE MACHINE;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84936816977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WODES.2002.1167710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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