Empirical evaluation of exponential and independence assumptions in queueing models of manufacturing systems

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-432

  Inman, Robert R ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Interarrival times; Processing time; Repair times; Time between failures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000285320     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1999.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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