Performance analysis and buffer allocations in some open assembly systems

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 695-704

  Hemachandra, N ^a   Eedupuganti, Sarat Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

Fork join queueing models; Open assembly systems; Optimal buffer allocations; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); STATE SPACE METHODS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BUFFER ALLOCATIONS; OPEN ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037395315     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(02)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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