Aggregate Capacity Planning: A Review.

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to provide a review of the most important uses of operations research techniques in supporting decisions associated with aggregate capacity planning. Various approaches to deal with the aggregate capacity planning are described, involving the use of mathematical programming techniques, heuristic procedures and search techniques. These approaches have been classified (according to the structure of the objective function they assume) into linear cost models, quadratic cost models, and general cost models. A description is also given on the hierarchical approach to integrate aggregate planning decisions with detailed scheduling. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771298

Entities

People

  • Arnoldo Hax

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Management Engineering
  • Management Planning And Control
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Scheduling (Production)

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.