Multi-state throughput analysis of a two-stage manufacturing system with parallel unreliable machines and a finite buffer

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-304

  Liu, Jialu ^a,b   Yang, Sheng ^a   Wu, Aiguo ^b   Hu, S Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Markovian analysis; Matrix Analytic method; Parallel machine

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATION; BALANCE EQUATIONS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPLEX MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FINITE BUFFER; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MARKOVIAN; MATRIX; MATRIX-ANALYTIC METHOD; MULTI STATE; MULTI-STATE MODEL; NEW MODEL; PAPER MODELS; PARALLEL MACHINE; PARALLEL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PARALLEL SYSTEM; PRODUCTION LINE; QBD PROCESS; QUASI-BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; REPAIR PROCESS; SOLUTION METHODS; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM STATE; THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; TRANSFER LINES; TWO STAGE; TWO-STATE; UNRELIABLE MACHINE;

NUMERICAL METHODS; THROUGHPUT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84862802776     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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