Optimal control structure of an unreliable manufacturing system with random demands

Author

Song, Dongping ; Sun, Youxian

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. of Ind. Control Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

11-13 Dec 1996

Firstpage

4552

Abstract

The optimal service control of an unreliable manufacturing system with random demands is discussed. The system can product many part types The objective is to find an optimal policy to minimizing the expected discounted inventory and backlog cost. Structural properties of the optimal control are investigated. It is shown that the optimal policy is of switching structure. For production of one type of part, the optimal control is a threshold policy. For production of two types of part, the optimal control can be described by three monotone switching curves and its asymptote properties are derived. Numeric examples are given to demonstrate the results

Keywords

minimisation; optimal control; production control; random processes; reliability theory; backlog cost minimization; expected discounted inventory minimization; monotone switching curves; optimal control structure; optimal service control; random demands; structural properties; switching policy; threshold policy; unreliable manufacturing system; Control systems; Cost function; Industrial control; Laboratories; Manufacturing systems; Optimal control; Production; Routing; Substations; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Kobe

ISSN

0191-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3590-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.1996.577584

Filename

577584