Analysis of a production/inventory system with randomly failing production unit subjected to a minimum required availability level

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 131-143

  Chelbi, Anis ^a   Rezg, Nidhal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Availability; Buffer stock; Inventory; Optimization; Preventive maintenance; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY;

ASSEMBLY LINE; BUFFER STOCK; INVENTORY; RANDOM FAILURES;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 27644477947     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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