A heuristic algorithm for the buffer allocation in unreliable unbalanced production lines

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-277

  Papadopoulos, H T ^a   Vidalis, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Optimal buffer allocation; Unreliable production lines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUFFER ALLOCATION PROBLEMS (BAP); HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

BUFFER STORAGE;

EID: 0035545671     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(01)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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