SURVEILLANCE PROBLEMS: A PROGRAM FOR OBTAINING OPTIMAL COSTLY SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES FOR A POISSON PRODUCTION PROCESS.

Abstract

A computer program is presented to obtain an optimal strategy in the class of non-randomized stationary strategies for controlling a Poisson production process under costly surveillance when the income function is a polynomial whose final coefficient is negative. Earlier results of the author show that under an assumption of monotonicity of the income function, an optimal strategy in this class is optimal over the class of all strategies. Flowcharts describing the program, a Fortran IV version of the program, and examples are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661198

Entities

People

  • C. Bradley Russell

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Polynomials
  • Production
  • Surveillance

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Operations Research