Exact analysis of a two-workstation one-buffer flow line with parallel unreliable machines

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-580

  Alexandros, Diamantidis C ^a   Chrissoleon, Papadopoulos T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flow production lines; Markovian analysis; Performance evaluation; Unreliable parallel machine workstations

Indexed keywords

EXACT ANALYSIS; FLOW LINES; FLOW/PRODUCTION LINES; INTERMEDIATE BUFFERS; MARKOVIAN ANALYSIS; PARALLEL MACHINES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PROCESSING TIME; RECURSIVE ALGORITHMS; TRANSITION MATRICES; UNRELIABLE MACHINES; UNRELIABLE PARALLEL-MACHINE WORKSTATIONS;

EID: 60649099984     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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