Improvability Theory for Assembly Systems: Two Component—One Assembly Machine Case

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-171

  Meerkov, S M ^a   Lim, J T ^b   Park, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

assembly systems; bottlenecks; Improvability; manufacturing blockage and starvation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; BOTTLENECK MACHINES; STEADY STATE; TWO-COMPONENT; WORK-IN-PROCESS;

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MACHINE COMPONENTS; RIVETING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0002758765     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X97000501     Document Type: Article

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