Recent advances in control and optimization of manufacturing systems (Q1917140)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Ching, Wai Ki; Zhou, Xun Yun}, Matrix methods in production planning of failure prone manufacturing systems, 3-29 [Zbl 0854.90070] \textit{Huang, Lei; Hu, Jian-Qiang; Vakili, Pirooz}, Optimal control of a failure prone manufacturing system with the possibility of temporary increase in production capacity, 31-60 [Zbl 0854.90072] \textit{Perkins, James R.; Srikant, R.}, Optimal control of manufacturing systems with buffer holding costs, 61-96 [Zbl 0854.90074] \textit{Maddox, Marilyn J.; Birge, John R.}, Using second moment information in stochastic scheduling, 99-120 [Zbl 0854.90080] \textit{Jacobs, D.; Kuo, C.-T.; Lim, J.-T.; Meerkov, S. M.}, Improvability of serial production lines: Theory and applications, 121-143 [Zbl 0854.90073] \textit{Sethi, Suresh P.; Zhou, Xun Yu}, Asymptotic optimal feedback controls in stochastic dynamic two-machine flowshops, 147-180 [Zbl 0854.90082] \textit{Zhu, Qiji J.}, Studying flexible manufacturing systems via deterministic control problems, 181-196 [Zbl 0854.90077] \textit{Boukas, E. K.; Zhang, Q.; Yin, G.}, On robust design for a class of failure prone manufacturing systems, 197-222 [Zbl 0854.90069]