Scheduling a Make-To-Stock Queue: Index Policies and Hedging Points

DOI10.1287/opre.44.4.634zbMath0865.90068MaRDI QIDQ5689786

Lawrence M. Wein, Michael H. Veatch

Publication date: 7 January 1997

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.44.4.634

zbMATH Keywords

single machine; index policies; make-to-stock queue; heavy traffic diffusion approximation; idleness policies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B35: Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research

90B22: Queues and service in operations research

90B30: Production models

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