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This book summarizes a set of lectures given at U.C. Berkeley in the Fall of 2001, highlighting the connection between traffic flow, queuing systems and supply chains. The book unveils the root causes of the "bullwhip" effect; i.e., where the production of raw materials in a supply chain i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daganzo, Carlos
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
Series:Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ; 526.
Subjects:
Business logistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Algorithms/Policies
  • Algorithmic Properties
  • Stability and Monotonicity Requirements
  • Strongly Stable Policies: The Act Method
  • Cost Estimation and Optimization
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Appendix A: Stability via Control Theory
  • Appendix B: Kinematic Wave Theory Revisited.