Approximate analysis of reentrant lines with Bernoulli reliability model

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 708-715

  Wang, Chong ^a   Li, Jingshan ^b  

^a CUMMINS INC   (United States)

^b Center for Manufacturing   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoulli reliability; last buffer first serve (LBFS); production rate; reentrant lines

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS; BERNOULLI; BERNOULLI RELIABILITY; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; PRODUCTION RATES; RE-ENTRANT LINES; RECURSIVE PROCEDURE; RELIABILITY MODEL; SCHEDULING POLICIES; WASHING OPERATION;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954384258     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2009.2021463     Document Type: Article

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