Effects of variability on the due-time performance of a continuous materials flow production system in series

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Tan, Bariş ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Availability analysis; Continuous materials flow production systems; Due time performance; Performance evaluation; Throughput analysis; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; PROCESSING; REPAIR;

AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS; CLOSED FORM EXPRESSIONS; CONTINUOUS MATERIALS FLOW PRODUCTION SYSTEM; DUE TIME PERFORMANCE; VARIABILITY EFFECT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032484451     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(97)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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