The future of manufacturing systems engineering

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 224-237

  Gershwin, Stanley B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

buffer sizing; dynamic production control; dynamic programming; dynamic scheduling; industry 4.0; manufacturing systems engineering; markovian analysis; modelling; operations management; stochastic models

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BUFFER SIZING; DYNAMIC PRODUCTION; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; MARKOVIAN; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 85033455549     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1395491     Document Type: Article

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