Performance evaluation of a multi-product CONWIP assembly system with correlated external demands

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 334-344

  Park, Chan Woo ^a   Lee, Hyo Seong ^b  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CONWIP system; Multi product production system; Performance analysis; Product form approximation method; Queueing network

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION METHODS; APPROXIMATION TECHNIQUES; CONWIP SYSTEM; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MATRIX GEOMETRIC METHODS; MULTI-PRODUCT PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84877920865     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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