Fluctuations of the production output of transfer lines

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-189

  Ciprut, Philippe ^a   Hongler, Max Olivier ^a   Salama, Yves ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THROUGHPUT;

ALTERNATING RENEWAL PROCESSES; BATCH COMPLETION TIME; BUFFERED PRODUCTION DIPOLES; FLUID MODELING METHOD; PRODUCTION FLOWS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033751531     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008942917166     Document Type: Article

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