A queueing network model for flexible manufacturing systems with tool management

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-317

  Tetzlaff, Ulrich A W ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUEUEING THEORY; TOOLS; VEHICLES;

BROUWER FIXED POINT THEOREM; CLASSICAL CONVOLUTION ALGORITHM; DESIGN PARAMETERS; MEAN VALUE ANALYSIS; QUEUEING NETWORK MODELS; SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS; TOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TOOL SUPPLY ORDER; TOOL TRANSPORTATION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030126463     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179608966278     Document Type: Article

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