Throughput, flow times, and service level in an unreliable assembly system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 602-615

  Liu, Liming ^a   Yuan, Xue Ming ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

Assembly system; Flow time; Service level; System design; Throughput; WIP

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THROUGHPUT;

ASSEMBLY STATIONS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035900867     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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