Modelling complex assemblies as a queueing network for lead time control

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-168

  Azaron, Amir ^a   Katagiri, Hideki ^a   Kato, Kosuke ^a   Sakawa, Masatoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control; Multiple objective programming; Production; Queueing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ASSEMBLY OPERATION; LEAD TIME CONTROL; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PROCESSING TIME;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 33845297328     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.025     Document Type: Article

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