Analysis of serial production lines: characterisation study and a new heuristic procedure for optimal buffer allocation

DOI10.1080/00207540500465535zbMath1122.90343OpenAlexW2080963392MaRDI QIDQ3439873

Yasin Gocgun, Erdal Erel, Ịhsan Sabuncuoğlu

Publication date: 18 May 2007

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11693/23771

zbMATH Keywords

bottleneckbuffer allocationserial production lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30)

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