Exact analysis of production lines with no intermediate buffers

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(93)90147-FzbMath0781.90048MaRDI QIDQ2368301

H. T. Papadopoulos, Michael E. J. O'Kelly

Publication date: 24 August 1993

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

exact algorithm; marginal probability distribution; mean queue length; tandem queueing; critical input rate; single machines linked in series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60K25: Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory)

90B22: Queues and service in operations research

90B30: Production models

90-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming

60K20: Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.)

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