Queueing-model based analysis of assembly lines with finite buffers and general service times

DOI10.1016/j.cor.2006.12.016zbMath1170.90365OpenAlexW2076630337MaRDI QIDQ2471225

Michael Manitz

Publication date: 22 February 2008

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2006.12.016

zbMATH Keywords

decompositionassembly linesthroughputqueueing models\(G/G/1/N\) stopped-arrival queueing systemassembly stationsflow productionsynchronization constraint

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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