Stochastic modeling for inventory and production planning in the paper industry

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2877-2890

  Yin, K Karen ^a   Yin, G George ^b   Liu, Hu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical approach; Inventory management; Markov chain; Optimal policy; Production planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; HAMILTONIANS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STOICHIOMETRY;

MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

PAPER MANUFACTURE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST; DYNAMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 8544238497     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10251     Document Type: Article

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