Performance of merging lines with uneven buffer capacity allocation: the effects of unreliability under different inventory-related costs

DOI10.1007/S10100-019-00670-9OpenAlexW2999226394WikidataQ126310173 ScholiaQ126310173MaRDI QIDQ2052974

Sabry Shaaban, Rodrigo Romero-Silva

Publication date: 29 November 2021

Published in: CEJOR. Central European Journal of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00670-9

zbMATH Keywords

simulationunreliable machinesthroughputinventory costsaverage buffer levelunbalanced lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations research and management science (90Bxx)

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