Stochastic linear systems under control constraints: A supply chain planning tool


TARIM Ş. A.

7th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, MIM 2013, Saint Petersburg, Rusya, 19 - 21 Haziran 2013, cilt.46, ss.2003-2008 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 46
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3182/20130619-3-ru-3018.00309
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Saint Petersburg
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Rusya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2003-2008
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Inventory control, Lagrange multipliers, LQG control, Quadratic performance index, Supply chains
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Control of stochastic linear systems with quadratic objective function is considered under the assumption that control variables are constrained. Production-inventory control in a stochastic environment is a typical example of such systems. To control stochastic linear systems, a suboptimal closed-loop control law is derived by using Lagrange multipliers in a dynamic fashion. In terms of ease of implementation, the derived suboptimal algorithm is comparable with that of the well-known unconstrained Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) control law. The problem of inventory balancing in distribution systems is used to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The test results indicate that, under control constraints, the new algorithm significantly reduces the loss compared with that of the simple saturated LQG algorithm. It is proven that the proposed algorithm outperforms the saturated control. © IFAC.