Performance analysis of single stage kanban controlled production systems using parametric decomposition

Queueing Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-162

  Krishnamurthy, Ananth ^a   Suri, Rajan ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed queuing networks; Fork join stations; Kanban systems; Parametric decomposition; Performance analysis; Two moment approximation

Indexed keywords

CLOSED QUEUING NETWORK; KANBAN SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC DECOMPOSITION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TWO-MOMENT APPROXIMATION;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 33749370438     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11134-006-9396-4     Document Type: Article

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