Author	Yao, David D. author
Title	Dynamic Control of Quality in Production-Inventory Systems [electronic resource] : Coordination and Optimization / by David D. Yao, Shaohui Zheng
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b98974
Descript	X, 218 p. online resource

Quality control is a scientific means for conducting observations, tests, and inspections and thereby making decisions that improve the perfomance of industrial processes. This book develops a set of dynamic approaches characterized by coordination. In practice, quality control problems almost never exist in isolation. The basic methodology underlying the studies is Markov decision programming. The book can be used as a graduate text for a new course on statistical process control, or as a reference for researchers and practitioners in mathematics, operations research and operations management, quality control, production planning, and logistics

Stochastic Monotonicity, Convexity and Submodularity -- Quality Control for Products with Warranty -- Process Control in Batch Production -- Coordinated Production-Inspection in a Tandem System -- Sequential Inspection Under Capacity Constraints -- Coordination of Interstage Inspections -- Optimal Inspection in an Assembly System -- Coordinated Replenishment and Rework with Unreliable Supply Sources -- Inventory Control with Substitution

1. Engineering
2. Operations research
3. Decision making
4. Management science
5. Mechanical engineering
6. Quality control
7. Reliability
8. Industrial safety
9. Engineering
10. Quality Control
11. Reliability
12. Safety and Risk
13. Operations Research
14. Management Science
15. Operation Research/Decision Theory
16. Mechanical Engineering