Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Han, Chingping (Jim)
Abstract
The study of the reusable container inventory control in a distribution network is crucial to the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the transportation systems. In order to minimize the total operation cost of such a transportation network system, all subsystems of the distribution network have to be optimized together as a whole system. In this study, we extended the inventory control concept and developed a multiple-inventory control model for the transportation network. We presented a systematic approach to address all those subsystems as interrelated systems. Mathematical models were developed for the transportation and container inventory control problems first. Then, the statistical modeling method was used to analyze the effects of the container inventory management policies on the performance of the transportation system. Based on the optimization theory, simulation executions were such arranged to lead to the globe optimality. This makes it possible to optimize the variables of inventory control under different control policies without solving mathematical models. A Simulation Code Generator (SCG) was also developed for a general container inventory control system.
Extent
165 p.
Recommended Citation
Feng, Weiming., "Statistical modeling of the container inventory control in a distribution network" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1235.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1235
Identifier
FADT12525
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science