Modeling and Analysis of Three-Stage Transfer Lines with Unreliable Machines and Finite Buffers
DOI10.1287/OPRE.31.2.354zbMATH Open0507.90042OpenAlexW2047177830MaRDI QIDQ4745592FDOQ4745592
Authors: Stanley Gershwin, Irvin C. Schick 
Publication date: 1983
Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.31.2.354
Markov chainalgorithmunreliable machinesfinite bufferssteady-state probabilitiesproduction rateexpected in-process inventoryforced down timesthree-stage transfer linesunreliable work stations
Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Applications of queueing theory (congestion, allocation, storage, traffic, etc.) (60K30) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05) Production models (90B30)
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