Performance analysis of a kitting process in stochastic assembly systems

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-463

  Ramachandran, Satheesh ^a   Delen, Dursun ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly operations; Double ended queue; Kitting; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; ROTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; DOUBLE-ENDED QUEUE; KITTING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 4744374113     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(03)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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