A Petri net model of a continuous flow transfer line with unreliable machines

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 248-262

  Sörensen, Kenneth ^a   Janssens, Gerrit K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous flow transfer line; Petri nets; Unreliable machines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

PETRI NET MODELS;

PETRI NETS;

EID: 0141859851     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00653-7     Document Type: Article

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