Analysis of long flow lines with quality and operational failures

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-296

  Kim, Jongyoon ^a   Gershwin, Stanley B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov model; Operational failures; Production lines; Quality failures

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; INSPECTION; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

OPERATIONAL FAILURES; PRODUCTION LINES; QUALITY FAILURES;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 38049050295     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170701558607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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