Throughput performance analysis for closed-loop vehicle-based material handling systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1097-1106

  Nazzal, Dima ^a   McGinnis, Leon F ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking; Markov chains; Material handling; Semiconductor manufacturing

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING PROBABILITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; THROUGHPUT; VEHICLES;

BLOCKING; CLOSED LOOPS; MARKOV CHAINS; MATERIAL HANDLING; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 51249112270     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802167647     Document Type: Article

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