Assembly line team sizing with absenteeism

DOI10.1080/00207540903067169MaRDI QIDQ3163105zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert R. Inman, Dennis E. Blumenfeld

Publication date 25 October 2010

Published in International Journal of Production Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540903067169

zbMATH Keywords

andoncross-trainingqualityqueuing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Production models (90B30)

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