Minimax production planning in failure prone manufacturing systems

• Published in: Proceedings of 1995 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Vol. 3; pp. 3134 - 3139 vol.3
• Main Authors: Boukas, E.K., Yang, H., Zhang, Q.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE Control Systems Society 1995
• Subjects: Costs; Electric breakdown; Equations; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing systems; Minimax techniques; Optimal control; Production planning; Sufficient conditions; Viscosity

Considers a minimax production planning model of a flexible manufacturing system with machines that are subject to random breakdown and repair. The objective is to choose the rate of production that minimizes the related minimax cost of production and inventory/shortage. The value function is shown...