Capacity estimation of a multi-product unreliable production line

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4815-4834

  Abdul Kader, Walid ^a   Gharbi, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; COSTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PERFORMANCE;

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037115842     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754021000024148     Document Type: Article

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