Determining buffer location and size in production lines using tabu search

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00276-2zbMath0991.90046OpenAlexW2033563160WikidataQ57570784 ScholiaQ57570784MaRDI QIDQ1609894

K. Roscoe Davis, Minghe Sun, Christian M. Lutz

Publication date: 18 August 2002

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-2217(97)00276-2

zbMATH Keywords

simulationtabu searchinventorybuffer allocationheuristic methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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Uses Software

• Tabu search

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