Using linear programming to analyze and optimize stochastic flow lines
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- Stefan Helber & Katja Schimmelpfeng & Raik Stolletz & Svenja Lagershausen, 2011. "Using linear programming to analyze and optimize stochastic flow lines," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 182(1), pages 193-211, January.
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- S. Göttlich & S. Kühn & J. A. Schwarz & R. Stolletz, 2016. "Approximations of time-dependent unreliable flow lines with finite buffers," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 83(3), pages 295-323, June.
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Flow lines; random processing times; performance evaluation; buffer allocation; linear programming; simulation.;All these keywords.
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- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CMP-2008-02-23 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-ORE-2008-02-23 (Operations Research)
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