COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT APPROXIMATIONS FOR BALANCED FLOWLINES WITH FINITE INTERMEDIATE BUFFERS

被引：10
作者：
DEKOK, AG
机构：
[1] Nederlandse Philips Bedrijven B.V Centre for Quantitative Methods, MD Eindhoven, 5600, Building HCM-720
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH | 1990年 / 28卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1080/00207549008942719
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
In this paper we derive approximations for the main performance characteristics of balanced flowlines, i.e. flowlines with identical workstations and equally-sized intermediate buffers. The derivation of the approximations is based on a hybrid approach: classical results from queueing theory are mixed with empirical findings. The approximations are extremely simple to compute regardless of the dimensions of the Bowline. The form of the approximations hint at possibly existing structural results for balanced flowlines that call for further more fundamental research. © 1990 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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页码：401 / 419
页数：19
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