Optimization for supply chain models with policies

M. Herty and C. Ringhofer

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2007, vol. 380, issue C, 651-664

Abstract: We develop a methodology to investigate optimal dynamic policies for a large class of supply networks. The basic underlying model is a fluid dynamic model for continuous product flows in continuous time. Discrete as well as continuous controls are implemented.

Keywords: Policy models; Production lines; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.02.043

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