Optimal rate allocation in unreliable, assembly/disassembly production networks with blocking

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-434

  Kouikoglou, Vassilis S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESSING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT;

ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION NETWORKS; DISASSEMBLY PRODUCTION NETWORKS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; OPTIMAL RATE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034248987     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.864238     Document Type: Article

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