A queueing model for a two-stage stochastic manufacturing system with overlapping operations

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Van Nieuwenhuyse, I ^a   Vandaele, N ^b  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lot splitting; Overlapping operations; Queueing theory

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GAGES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

LOT SPLITTING; NON-RENEWAL PROCESSES; OVERLAPPING OPERATIONS; TRADE-OFF;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 33745728226     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-006-8818-2     Document Type: Article

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