Estimating the distribution and variance of time to produce a fixed lot size given deterministic processing times and random downtimes

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3405-3414

  Kim, D S ^a   Alden, J M ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CYCLE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031373294     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497194156     Document Type: Article

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