Modelling the performance of flexible manufacturing systems

DOI10.1080/00207548508904758zbMath0569.90030OpenAlexW2047482626MaRDI QIDQ3686403

David D. W. Yao, John A. Buzacott

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207548508904758

zbMATH Keywords

approximate solutionsgeneral service timesflexible manufacturing systemlimited local buffersflow equivalent decomposition approachopen-queueing network

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Production models (90B30) Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.) (60K20)

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