Bernoulli serial production lines with quality control devices: Theory and application

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chiang, Shu Yin ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUFFER PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL DEVICES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646379590     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/MPE/2006/81950     Document Type: Article

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