Optimal design of series production lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-138

  Nourelfath, Mustapha ^a   Nahas, Nabil ^a   Ait Kadi, Daoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Manufacturing systems; Modelling; Performance measurement (quality); Production planning; Programming and algorithm theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DESIGN; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MODELING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (QUALITY); PRODUCTION PLANNING; PROGRAMMING AND ALGORITHM THEORY;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 21144433092     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510601348     Document Type: Article

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