Some Stochastic Control Problems in Manufacturing, Communications and Computer Systems
Abstract
This document examined the following problems: 1) Routing and optimal scheduling in communication networks; 2) Optimal scheduling of failure prone flexible manufacturing systems; 3) Determining when zero-inventory policies are optimal; 4) Characterizing worst-case strategies in sequential decision problems; 5) Determining minimum variance control laws for general multi-variable ARMAX systems; 6) Determining the necessary and sufficient condition for simulated annealing to hit the global minimum with probability one; and 7) Developing stable distributed, real-time scheduling algorithms for large flexible manufacturing/assembly/disassembly systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197144
Entities
People
- P. R. Kumar
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign