Paul, H., "An Alternative Method for Policy Synthesis of a Production-Inventory System via Model Control", 1991
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The feedback control concept is central to both modern control theory and system dynamics. Several attempts have been made to utilise modern control theory in developing some formalised procedures for system dynamics models. Some studies on the application of control theory to a simple production-inventory system have been reported. These studies were able to discover some important policy decisions to improve the behaviour of the system. This paper presents an alternative procedure based on modal control theory for designing useful policies for the production-inventory system. The results obtained in this study are generally similar to those obtained in earlier studies reported in the literature.