System reliability and congestion in a material handling system

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 673-684

  Beamon, Benita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM CONGESTION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0033161819     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(99)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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