The impact of production time variability on make-to-stock queue performance

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 847-855

  Sanajian, Nima ^a   Balciog̃lu, Bariş ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

GI G 1 queue; Little's distributional law; Make to stock

Indexed keywords

EXACT METHODS; GI/G/1 QUEUE; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; LITTLE'S DISTRIBUTIONAL LAW; MAKE-TO-STOCK; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCTION TIMES; QUEUEING SYSTEMS; SERVICE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; SERVICE TIMES; STATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 55149084611     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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