Structural properties of optimal tool replacement policy in a machining center

DOI10.1016/0167-6377(92)90083-FzbMath0767.90024OpenAlexW2032798502MaRDI QIDQ1197900

Ushio Sumita, Katsuhisa Ohno, Qiu Sheng Liu

Publication date: 16 January 1993

Published in: Operations Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6377(92)90083-f

zbMATH Keywords

flexible manufacturing cellmachining centeroptimal tool replacement problemundiscounted Markov renewal program

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.) (60K20)

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