Analysis of two-machine lines with multiple failure modes

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-62

  Tolio, Tullio ^a   Matta, Andrea ^a   Gershwin, S B ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REPAIR; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC PROCESSING TIME; FINITE BUFFER CAPACITY; MULTIPLE FAILURE MODES; STEADY STATE PROBABILITIES; TWO-MACHINE LINES;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036160410     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019293215459     Document Type: Article

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