Robust Control of multi-echelon production-distribution systems with limited decision policy (II)

A typical production-distribution system consist of three main echelons representing the retailer, distributors, and a factory each with an on-site warehouse. The system is sufficiently general and realistic to represent many industrial situations. However, decision functions and parameters have been selected to apply particularly to the production and distribution of consumer durables. The flows included in the model are materials orders, and those information flows needed to support the material and order-rate decisions.