Automated flow lines with shared buffer

OR Spectrum

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 265-286

  Matta, A ^a   Runchina, M ^a   Tolio, T ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffer allocation; Flow lines; Performance evaluation; System design

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444381621     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-005-0197-7     Document Type: Article

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