This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Advanced Search

    Lecture Notes

    LEC # TOPICS
    1 Introduction (PDF - 2.0 MB)
    2 Basic Probability, Markov Processes, M/M/1 Queues (PDF - 2.4 MB)
    3 Basic Probability, Markov Processes, M/M/1 Queues (cont.) (PDF - 2.4 MB) 
    4 Basic Probability, Markov Processes, M/M/1 Queues (cont.) (PDF - 2.4 MB)
    5 Basic Probability, Markov Processes, M/M/1 Queues (cont.) (PDF - 2.4 MB)
    6 Controlled Machine
    7 Transfer Lines - Models and Bounds (PDF - 1.2 MB)
    8 Transfer Lines - Models and Bounds (cont.)
    9 Deterministic Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (PDF)
    10 Deterministic Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (cont.)
    11 Deterministic Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (cont.)
    12 DET2TL Performance (PDF)

    Exponential Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (PDF)
    13 Exponential Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (cont.)
    14 Exponential Processing Time Transfer Line - 2 Machine (cont.)
    15 EXP2TL, CON2TL Performance (PDF)

    Continuous Material Transfer Line - 2 Machine
    16 Continuous Material Transfer Line - 2 Machine (cont.)
    17 Deterministic Processing Time Transfer Line - Many Machines (PDF)
    18 Deterministic Processing Time Transfer Line - Many Machines (cont.)
    19 Deterministic Processing Time transfer Line - - Long Line Optimization (PDF)
    20 Long Lines
    21 Assembly/Disassembly Systems
    22 Assembly/Disassembly Systems (cont.)
    23 Real-time Scheduling
    24 The Control-Point Policy (PDF)
    25 Current Research: Quality and Quantity (PDF) (Courtesy of Jongyoon Kim. Used with permission.)
    26 Miscellany (Subcontracting/Capacity Expansion & Simple Yield Model) (PDF)

    "Mathematical Modeling of the Two-Part Type Machine," by Young Jae Jang (PDF)

    Inventory Systems in Practice Slides (PDF)

    Inventory Systems in Practice Paper (PDF)