Queueing theory in manufacturing: A survey

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-240

  Govil, Manish K ^a   Fu, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Manufacturing Systems; Optimization; Performance Analysis; Queueing Networks; Queueing Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042279736     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(99)80033-8     Document Type: Article

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