Capacity planning with technology replacement by stochastic dynamic programming

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 739-750

  Wang, Kung Jeng ^a   Nguyen, Phuc Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Investment analysis; Stochastic dynamic programming; Technology replacement

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CAPACITY PLANNING; FINITE TIME HORIZON; HIGH TECH INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; REPLACEMENT POLICY; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85012031492     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.12.046     Document Type: Article

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