Homogenisation techniques for the analysis of production lines with unreliable machines having different speeds

European Journal of Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 200-215

  Dallery, Y ^a   Le Bihan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous flow model; Decomposition methods; Disaggregation and homogenisation techniques; Finite buffers; Performance evaluation; Production lines; Unreliable machines

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

CONTINUOUS FLOW MODEL; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031337014     PISSN: 09473580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0947-3580(97)70078-5     Document Type: Article

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