Lead-time analysis and a control policy for production lines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2019-2034

  Economopoulos, Angelos A ^a   Kouikoglou, Vassilis S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

admission control; balking; closed queuing networks; inventory control; production lines; quoted lead time; simulation

Indexed keywords

ADMISSION CONTROL; BALKING; CLOSED QUEUING NETWORK; PRODUCTION LINES; QUOTED LEAD TIME; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROFITABILITY; QUEUEING THEORY; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SALES;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 79551547053     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207541003627845     Document Type: Article

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