Stochastic models for reliable and unreliable flexible manufacturing cells with two machines and two robots

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 610-624

  Aldaihani, Majid M ^a   Savsar, Mehmet ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; FMC productivity; Manufacturing cells; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROBOTICS;

PALLET HANDLING SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC MODELLING;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 44349159510     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2008.018235     Document Type: Article

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