Machine repair problem in production systems with spares and server vacations

RAIRO - Operations Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-54

  Ke, Jau Chuan ^a   Lee, Ssu Lang ^a   Liou, Cheng Hwai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid multiple single vacation; Machine repair problem; Matrix geometric approach; Multiple vacations; Single vacation

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES;

HYBRID MULTIPLE/SINGLE VACATION; MACHINE REPAIR PROBLEM; MATRIX-GEOMETRIC APPROACH; MULTIPLE VACATIONS; SINGLE VACATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 59149089906     PISSN: 03990559     EISSN: 28047303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ro/2009004     Document Type: Article

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