Maximizing the throughput of tandem lines with flexible failure-prone servers and finite buffers

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-211

  Andradóttir, Sigrún ^a   Ayhan, Hayriye ^a   Down, Douglas G ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

AVERAGE THROUGHPUT; DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT; FLEXIBLE SERVERS; NON-IDLING POLICIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT; SERVER ASSIGNMENT; THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 41149167672     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964808000119     Document Type: Article

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