@inproceedings{036fc8ec06894d9e9677868873d5186d,
title = "Control policies for two-stage, pull-type production/inventory systems with constrained average cost criterion",
abstract = "We consider a two-stage, pull-type production/inventory system with a known service mechanism at the first stage. Set-ups and start-ups are involved in the operation of the second stage. We develop a production control policy for the second stage, within the class of (R, r) continuous-review policies, that minimizes the long run average number of set-ups and start-ups subject to a constraint on the number of customers that are lost. We use a semi-Markov decision model to obtain an optimal policy for the operation of the second stage. The structure of the optimal policy suggests to use a suboptimal look-back policy that delays the set-up at the second stage if the buffer lacks sufficient raw material.",
author = "Gursoy, {M. B.} and H. Danhong",
year = "1993",
language = "American English",
isbn = "0898061326",
series = "Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference",
publisher = "Publ by IIE",
pages = "754--758",
editor = "Mitta, {Deborah A.} and Burke, {Laura I.} and English, {John R.} and Jennie Gallimore and Georgia-Ann Klutke and Tonkay, {Gregory L.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference",
note = "Proceedings of the 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference ; Conference date: 26-05-1993 Through 28-05-1993",
}