THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTENDING THE HORIZON IN ROLLING PRODUCTION SCHEDULING
研究了在滚动生产调度中延长预测期界的效果，发现虽然有时更长的期界并非最优，但通过预测扩展期界可平滑绩效波动，总体上支持“信息越多越好”的观点。
ABSTRACT In recent work, Baker [1] has investigated the use of rolling schedules for multiperiod production scheduling problems. One of his results is that the longest possible forecast horizon is not necessarily the best. He also found that the rolling schedules' effectiveness fluctuates widely depending upon the length of the forecast horizon. To smooth these fluctuations we have investigated use of forecasting to extend the problem horizon. Some of our results confirm the previous conclusions, but other results support the position that “the more information the better.”