dc.contributor.author | Bidkhori, Hoda | |
dc.contributor.author | Simchi-Levi, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Wei, Yehua | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-23T17:42:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-23T17:42:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016-02 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-6377 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114882 | |
dc.description.abstract | We develop a distribution-free model to evaluate the performance of process flexibility structures when only the mean and partial expectation of the demand are known. We characterize the worst-case demand distribution under general concave objective functions, and apply it to derive tight lower bounds for the performance of chaining structures under the balanced systems (systems with the same number of plants and products). We also derive a simple lower bound for chaining-like structures under unbalanced systems with different plant capacities. Keywords:
Process flexibility; Distributionally-robust analysis; Chaining; Production system design | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ORL.2016.02.008 | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | SSRN | en_US |
dc.title | Analyzing process flexibility: A distribution-free approach with partial expectations | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bidkhori, Hoda et al. “Analyzing Process Flexibility: A Distribution-Free Approach with Partial Expectations.” Operations Research Letters 44, 3 (May 2016): 291–296 © 2016 Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Simchi-Levi, David | |
dc.relation.journal | Operations Research Letters | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2018-04-20T11:27:24Z | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Bidkhori, Hoda; Simchi-Levi, David; Wei, Yehua | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4650-1519 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | en_US |