An improved decomposition method for the analysis of production lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1093-1117

  Dallery, Y ^a   Le Bihan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REPAIR; SCHEDULING;

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GERSHWIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033097497     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191427     Document Type: Article

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