Evaluating a queueing approximation for the machine interference problem with two types of stoppages via simulation optimization

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-668

  Rossett, Manuel D ^a   Clark, Gordon ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUEUEING THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FACTORIAL DESIGN; MACHINE INTERFERENCE PROBLEM;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0032115544     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00322-7     Document Type: Article

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