1. A matrix-based Bayesian approach for manufacturing resource allocation planning in supply chain management.
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Wu, J., Zhang, W.Y., Zhang, S., Liu, Y.N., and Meng, X.H.
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BAYESIAN analysis ,MANUFACTURING resource planning ,RESOURCE allocation ,MANUFACTURING processes ,MATHEMATICAL models ,SUPPLY chain management ,MATRICES (Mathematics) ,MANAGEMENT - Abstract
Nowadays, the supply chain of manufacturing resources is typically a large complex network, whose management requires network-based resource allocation planning. This paper presents a novel matrix-based Bayesian approach for recommending the optimal resource allocation plan that has the largest probability as the optimal selection within the context specified by the user. A proposed matrix-based representation of the resource allocation plan provides supply chain modelling with a good basis to understand problem complexity, support computer reasoning, facilitate resource re-allocation, and add quantitative information. The proposed Bayesian approach produces the optimal, robust manufacturing resource allocation plan by solving a multi-criteria decision-making problem that addresses not only the ontology-based static manufacturing resource capabilities, but also the statistical nature of the manufacturing supply chain, i.e. probabilities of resource execution and resource interaction execution. A genetic algorithm is employed to solve the multi-criteria decision-making problem efficiently. We use a case study from manufacturing domain to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed approach to optimal manufacturing resource allocation planning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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