Markovian analysis of production lines with Coxian-2 service times

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-524

  Vidalis, M I ^a   Papadopoulos, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxian distribution; Markov chains; Performance evaluation; Production lines; Quassi birth and death (QBD) processes; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751410806     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1999.tb00170.x     Document Type: Article

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