The exponentialization approach to flexible manufacturing system models with general processing times

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(86)90034-2zbMath0601.90070OpenAlexW2084124539MaRDI QIDQ1081525

John A. Buzacott, David D. W. Yao

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(86)90034-2

zbMATH Keywords

flexible manufacturing systemsgeneral service-time distributionclosed networks of queuesdynamic parts routingexponentialization approachlimited local buffers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Production models (90B30) Deterministic network models in operations research (90B10) Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.) (60K20)

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