The Research on the Optimal Control Strategy of a Serial Supply Chain Based on GA

• Published in: Advances in Natural Computation pp. 657 - 665
• Main Authors: Huang, Min, Ding, Jianqin, Ip, W. H., Yung, K. L., Liu, Zhonghua, Wang, Xingwei
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: genetic algorithm; inventory control; pull control; push control; Supply chain management (SCM)

Determination of optimal control strategy is one of the key factors for a successful supply chain management. This paper focuses on the research of an inventory control strategy of a serial supply chain. First, it proposes an optimization model of an inventory control that is based on the combinatio...