Pade approximants for the transient optimization of hedging control policies in manufacturing

Sami El-Ferik*, Roland P. Malhame

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Abstract

A renewal equation is developed for the cost functional over finite horizon in manufacturing systems under an arbitrary time-invariant hedging control policy. The kernel of that renewal equation is a first return time probability density function. An auxiliary system of partial differential equations is subsequently used to recursively generate (stable) Pade approximants for that return density function, and hence for the finite horizon cost functional. The Pade approximants are expressed as functions of the arbitrary constant critical levels of the hedging policy. At that stage, (hedging) parameter optimization can be carried out to yield horizon dependent best invariant hedging production policies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2627-2628
Number of pages2
JournalProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Volume3
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Control and Optimization

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