A Hybrid Algorithm for Simultaneous Scheduling of Production and Distribution in Multi-Echelon Structures

DOI10.1287/mnsc.29.1.77zbMath0508.90044MaRDI QIDQ4747896

Jack F. Williams

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.29.1.77

zbMATH Keywords

infinite horizon; production scheduling; dynamic programming algorithm; assembly network; arborescent network; conjoined distribution; distribution batch sizes; simultaneous determination of production batch sizes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C35: Programming involving graphs or networks

90C90: Applications of mathematical programming

90B35: Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research

90B30: Production models

90B05: Inventory, storage, reservoirs

90C39: Dynamic programming

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