Markovian approximation for manufacturing systems of unreliable machines in tandem

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-78

  Ching, Wai Ki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PURCHASING;

HEDGING POINT PRODUCTION (HPP) POLICIES; MARKOV MODULATED POISSON PROCESSES (MMPP); STEADY STATE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 0035252464     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(200102)48:1<65::AID-NAV4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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